33And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. …
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. …
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: …
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-33)We have here Christ examined by the great Sanhedrim concerning his authority; for they claimed a power to call prophets to an account concerning their mission. They came to him when he was walking in the temple , not for his diversion, but teaching the people, first one company and then another. The Peripatetic philosophers were so called from the custom they had of walking when they taught. The c…
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