Matthew 21:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

Matthew 21:23 —

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Acts 4:7
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
Mark 11:27-33
And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, …
1 Chronicles 24:1-19
Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. …
Exodus 2:14
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
Matthew 26:55
In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 23-27)

Our Lord Jesus (like St. Paul after him) preached his gospel with much contention; his first appearance was in a dispute with the doctors in the temple, when he was twelve years old; and here, just before he died, we have him engaged in controversy. In this sense, he was like Jeremiah, a man of contention; not striving, but striven with. The great contenders with him, were, the chief priests and t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

Mt 21:1-9. Christ’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem on the First Day of the Week. (= Mr 11:1-11; Lu 19:29-40; Joh 12:12-19). For the exposition of this majestic scene--recorded, as will be seen, by all the Evangelists--see on Lu 19:29-40. Mt 21:10-22. Stir about Him in the City--Second Cleansing of the Temple, and Miracles There--Glorious Vindication of the Children’s Testimony--The Barren Fig Tree…