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Mark 11:33 KJV
Mark · chapter 11 · verse 33
And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.Mark 11:33 · King James Version
Mark 11:33 in context
31And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
32But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
33And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- authorityexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- cannotouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- saidlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- telleidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
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We have here Christ examined by the great Sanhedrim concerning his authority; for they claimed a power to call prophets to an account concerning their mission. They came to him when he was walking in the temple, not for his diversion, but teaching the people, first one company and then another.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-33