Matthew 21:24 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 21:24

“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

BSB

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ASV

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one question, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

KJV

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 24) But Jesus, answering, said to them: I will also ask you one question, which if you tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. This is what is commonly said: A bad knot of a tree, a bad nail or wedge must be driven in. The Lord could have refuted the calumny of the tempters with an open response, but He wisely asks a question, so that they themselves, either by silence or by their answer, may be condemned.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I also will ask you one thing - Our Lord was certainly under no obligation to answer their question: he had already given them such proofs of his Divine mission as could not possibly be exceeded, in the miracles which he wrought before their eyes, and before all Judea; and, as they would not credit him on this evidence, it would have been in vain to have expected their acknowledgment of him on any profession he would make.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀποκριθεὶς	Apokritheis	Answering	G611 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
ἐρωτήσω	erōtēsō	Will ask	G2065 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
κἀγὼ	kagō	I myself also	G1473 →G2532 →
λόγον	logon	thing	G3056 →
ἕνα,	hena	one,	G1520 →
ὃν	hon	which	G3739 →
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
εἴπητέ	eipēte	you shall tell	G2036 →
μοι	moi	Me	G3165 →
κἀγὼ	kagō	I myself also	G1473 →G2532 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
ἐρῶ	erō	will say	G4483 →
ἐν	en	by	G1722 →
ποίᾳ	poia	what	G4169 →
ἐξουσίᾳ	exousia	authority	G1849 →
ταῦτα	tauta	these things	G3778 →
ποιῶ.	poiō	I 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
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:29
  Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
- 1 Peter 3:15
  But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and…
- Ecclesiastes 10:12
  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
- Mark 9:50
  Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
- Proverbs 15:4
  A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Through
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
leads to
- Philippians 2:15
  so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- Luke 10:3
  Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
  Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew