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?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
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, …
Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. …
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.
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.
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 an…
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