John 1:25
1:25 So they asked John,
“Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ,
nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
Matthew 21:23
The Authority of Jesus
21:23 Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
Mark 11:27-28
The Authority of Jesus
11:27 They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him
11:28 and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”
Luke 20:1-2
The Authority of Jesus
20:1 Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up
20:2 and said to him, “Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who it is who gave you this authority?”
Acts 4:7
4:7 After
making Peter and John
stand in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name
did you do this?”
Acts 5:28
5:28 saying, “We gave
you strict orders
not to teach in this name.
Look,
you have filled Jerusalem
with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood
on us!”