And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
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Gill's Exposition
And spoke unto him, saying, tell us by what authority doest thou these things?.... The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, "this thing"; as if the sanhedrim only referred to his preaching the Gospel,…
Adam Clarke
By what authority, etc. - See the note on Mat 21:23-27 (note).
In this passage of story nothing is added here to what we had in the other evangelists; but only in the first verse, where we are told,
I. That he was now teaching the people in the temple, and…
Cambridge Bible
by what authority Rather, by what kind of authority. The implication is -you are only called a Rabbi by courtesyyou are not a -pupil of the wise you are not a priest, or a scribe, or a political…
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