John 2:18

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So the Jews responded to Him, 'What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do all this?'

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  • John 6:30 : 30 So they said to him, 'What sign will you perform, so that we may see and believe you? What will you do?'
  • Acts 4:7 : 7 They brought them before them and asked, 'By what power or in whose name have you done this?'
  • Acts 5:28 : 28 We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, didn’t we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
  • Matt 12:38-42 : 38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, 'Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.' 39 But He answered them, 'An evil and unfaithful generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.' 40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching, and look—something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here.
  • Matt 16:1-4 : 1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered them, "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' 3 In the morning, you say, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and overcast.' Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you cannot discern the signs of the times. 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet." Then He left them and went away.
  • Matt 21:23 : 23 When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?'
  • Mark 8:11 : 11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking a sign from heaven to test him.
  • Mark 11:27-28 : 27 They came again to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, scribes, and elders came to him. 28 They asked him, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you the authority to do this?'
  • Luke 11:29 : 29 As the crowds were gathering, Jesus began to say, 'This generation is an evil one. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.'
  • Luke 20:1-2 : 1 One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, came up to him. 2 They said to him, 'Tell us, by what authority you do these things? Or who gave you this authority?'
  • John 1:25 : 25 They asked him, 'Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?'

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    19Jesus answered them, 'Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.'

    20They replied, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and You are going to raise it in three days?'

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    30So they said to him, 'What sign will you perform, so that we may see and believe you? What will you do?'

  • Matt 12:38-39
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    38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, 'Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.'

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  • John 10:31-33
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    31Again, the Jews picked up stones to stone him.

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    24The Jews gathered around him and said, 'How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.'

  • Mark 11:28-29
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    28They asked him, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you the authority to do this?'

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  • Luke 20:2-3
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    2They said to him, 'Tell us, by what authority you do these things? Or who gave you this authority?'

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  • John 18:34-35
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    34Jesus answered, 'Is that your own idea, or did others talk to you about me?'

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    48The Jews responded to him, "Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"

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    57Then the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?"

  • John 8:52
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    52Then the Jews said, "Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets. Yet you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'

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    8The disciples said to him, 'Rabbi, just now the Jews were trying to stone you, and you're going back there again?'

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    28Then they said to him, 'What must we do to perform the works of God?'

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    58"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.'"

  • Matt 26:61
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    61They declared, "This man said, 'I can destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

  • John 7:11
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    11The Jews were looking for Him at the festival and saying, 'Where is He?

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    47So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council and said, 'What are we going to do since this man is performing so many signs?'

  • John 12:18
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    18This is why the crowd went to meet Him—because they heard that He had performed this sign.

  • John 11:36
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    36Then the Jews said, 'See how he loved him!'

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    52Then the Jews argued sharply among themselves, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?'

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    23When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?'

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    20The crowd answered, 'You have a demon! Who is trying to kill You?'

  • John 5:16
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    16Because of this, the Jews began to persecute Jesus and tried to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

  • John 18:20-21
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    20Jesus answered him, 'I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.'

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  • John 10:19
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    19Again, there was division among the Jews because of these words.

  • Matt 11:4
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    4And Jesus responded to them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see:

  • John 9:26
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    26Then they asked him, 'What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?'

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    10Jesus replied, 'You are a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

  • John 9:30
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    30The man answered, 'This is remarkable! You do not know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!'

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    15The Jews were amazed, saying, 'How does this man know so much without having been taught?'

  • Mark 15:29
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    29Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying, 'Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

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    11'This came from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes.'

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    13When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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  • John 8:59
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    59So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the temple, passing through the midst of them, and went on his way.

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    2Jesus replied, 'Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.'

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    22So the Jews said, "Surely he won’t kill himself, will he, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?