Mark 11:28 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 11:28

“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”

BSB

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ASV

and they said unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? or who gave thee this authority to do these things?

KJV

And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) And indeed, when they say, By what authority doest thou these things, they doubt its being the power of God, and wish it to be understood that what He did was the devil's work. When they add also, Who gave thee this authority, they evidently deny that He is the Son of God, since they believe that He works miracles, not by His own but by another's power.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And say unto him, by what authority dost thou do these things?.... Enter into the temple, as if he was Lord of it; and correct in such a magisterial way every thing he thought an abuse in it; do the miracles he did, as healing the lame, and blind; and take upon him to instruct the people, a work he was now engaged in: and who gave thee this authority to do these things? See Gill on Mat 21:23.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This colt was borrowed too. Christ went upon the water in a borrowed boat, ate the passover in a borrowed chamber, was buried in a borrowed sepulchre, and here rode on a borrowed ass. Let not Christians scorn to be beholden one to another, and, when need is, to go a borrowing, for our Master did not.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

Let us observe in these verses, how much spiritual blindness may be in the hearts of those who hold high ecclesiastical office . We see "the chief priests and scribes and elders" coming to our Lord Jesus, and raising difficulties and objections in the way of His work. These men, we know, were the accredited teachers and rulers of the Jewish Church. They were regarded by the Jews as the fountain and spring-head of religious knowledge. They were, most of them, regularly ordained to the position they held, and could trace their orders by regular descent from Aaron.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἔλεγον	elegon	they were saying	G3004 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to Him;	G846 →
ἐν	en	By	G1722 →
ποίᾳ	poia	what	G4169 →
ἐξουσίᾳ	exousia	authority	G1849 →
ταῦτα	tauta	these things	G3778 →
ποιεῖς	poieis	are You doing	G4160 →
ἢ	ē	Or	G2228 →
τίς	tis	who	G5101 →
σοι	soi	You	G4771 →
ἔδωκεν	edōken	gave	G1325 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ἐξουσίαν	exousian	authority	G1849 →
ταύτην	tautēn	this	G3778 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ταῦτα	tauta	these things	G3778 →
ποιῇς;	poiēas	You may do?	G4160 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:16
  Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
- Isaiah 63:10
  But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
- Jeremiah 4:4
  Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to…
- Ephesians 4:30
  And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Leviticus 26:41
  and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,
Through
Exodus 2:14
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done…
leads to
- Luke 12:14
  But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
- Matthew 21:23
  When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And…
Through
Numbers 16:3
They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then…
leads to
- Psalms 106:16
  In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark