Matthew 21:23

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And when he was come in to the teple, the chefe prestes and the elders of the people came vnto him (as he was teachinge) & sayde: By what auctorite doest thou these thinges? and who gaue the this auctorite?

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  • Acts 4:7 : 7 and set them before them, and axed them: By what auctorite, Or in what name haue ye done this?
  • Acts 7:27 : 27 But he that dyd his neghboure wronge, thrust him awaye, and sayde: Who made the a ruler and iudge ouer vs?
  • Exod 2:14 : 14 But he sayde: Who made the a ruler or iudge ouer vs? Wilt thou slaye me also, as thou slewest the Egipcian? The was Moses afrayed, and sayde: How is this knowne?
  • 1 Chr 24:1-9 : 1 This was ye ordinaunce of the childre of Aaron. The children of Aaron were, Nadab, Abihu, Eleasar and Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu dyed before their fathers, and had no children. And Eleasar and Ithamar were prestes. 3 And Dauid ordred them after his maner: Sadoc out of the children of Eleasar, and Ahimelech out of the children of Ithamar, acordinge to their nombre and office. 4 And there were mo chefe stronge men founde amonge the children of Eleasar, then the children of Ithamar. And he ordeyned them after this maner: namely, sixtene out of ye childre of Eleasar to be rulers thorow out their fathers house: & eight of the children of Ithamar thorow out their fathers house. 5 Neuertheles he ordeyned them by lot, because that both the pryncipall of the children of Eleasar and of Ithamar were in ye Sanctuary, and chefe before God. 6 And the Scrybe Semeia the sonne of Nethaneel one of the Leuites, wrote them vp before ye kynge and before the rulers, and before Sadoc the prest, & before Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar, & before the chefe of the fathers amonge the prestes & Leuites: namely one fathers house for Eleasar, and the other for Ithamar. 7 And the first lot fell vpon Ioiarib, the seconde vpon Iedana, 8 the thirde vpo Harim, the fourth vpon Seorim, 9 the fifth vpo Malchia, the sixte vpon Meiamin, 10 the seuenth vpon Hakoz, the eight vpon Abia, 11 the nyenth vpon Iesua, the tenth vpon Sechania, 12 the eleuenth vpon Eliasib, the twolueth vpon Iakim, 13 the thirtenth vpon Hupa, the fourtenth vpon Iesebeab, 14 the fiftenth vpon Bilga, the sixtenth vpon Immer, 15 the seuententh vpon Hesir, the eightenth vpon Hapizez, 16 the nyententh vpon Pethahia, the twentieth vpon Iehe?kel, 17 the one and twentieth vpon Iachin, the two & twentieth vpon Samul, 18 the thre & twentieth vpo Dalaia, ye foure and twentieth vpo Maasia. 19 This is their course after their office, to go in to the house of the LORDE, acordinge to their maner vnder their father Aaron, as the LORDE God of Israel commaunded him.
  • Matt 26:55 : 55 In the same houre sayde Iesus vnto the multitude: Ye are come out as it were to a murthurer with swerdes and staues for to take me. I sat daylie teachinge in the temple amonge you, and ye toke me not.
  • Luke 19:47-20:8 : 47 And he taught daylie in the teple. But the hye prestes and the scrybes and the chefest of ye people wente aboute to destroye him, 48 and founde not, what to do vnto him. For all the people stacke by him, and gaue him audience. 1 And it fortuned one of those dayes, whan he taught the people in the teple, and preached the Gospell, the hye prestes and scrybes came to him with the Elders, 2 and spake vnto him, and sayde: Tell vs, by what auctorite doest thou these thinges? Or who gaue the this auctorite? 3 But he answered, & sayde vnto the: I wil axe you a worde also, tell it me: 4 The baptyme of Iho was it from heauen, or of men? 5 But they thought in them selues, and sayde: Yf we saye, from heauen, then shal he saye: Why dyd ye not the beleue him? 6 But yf we saye, of men, then shal all the people stone vs, for they be persuaded, that Ihon is a prophet. 7 And they answered, that they coulde not tell, whence it was. 8 And Iesus sayde vnto them: Nether tell I you, by what auctorite I do these thinges.
  • Mark 11:27-33 : 27 And they came agayne vnto Ierusalem and whan he wente in the temple, there came vnto him the hye prestes and scrybes and the elders, 28 and sayde vnto him: By what auctorite dost thou these thinges? and who gaue the this auctorite to do soch? 29 But Iesus answered and sayde vnto the: I wil axe you a worde also, answere me, and I wyl tell you, by what auctorite I do these. 30 The baptyme of Ihon, was it from heauen, or of men? Answere me. 31 And they thought in them selues: yf we saye, it was from heauen, then shal he saye: Why dyd ye not then beleue him? 32 But yf we saye: It was of men, then feare we the people, for they all helde that Ihon was a true prophet. 33 And they answered, and saide vnto him: We can not tell. And Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them: Nether tell I you, by what auctorite I do these thinges.

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