Luke 20:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν, λέγοντες, Εἰπὲ ἡμῖν, ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιεῖς; ἢ τίς ἐστιν ὁ δούς σοι τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην;

Transliteration

And eipon pros him, legontes, Eipe to us, in what exousia these things poieis? or who estin the one dous to you the exousian this?

Grammar Details

• *eipon*: aorist active, 3rd plural - they said/spoke
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *legontes*: present participle, nominative, plural - saying
• *Eipe*: aorist imperative, 2nd singular - tell/say
• *exousia*: dative, feminine, singular - authority/power
• *poieis*: present active, 2nd singular - you do/are doing
• *estin*: present active, 3rd singular - is
• *dous*: aorist participle, nominative, singular - having given
• *exousian*: accusative, feminine, singular - authority/power

Word Meanings

• *eipon*: they said/spoke/told
• *pros*: to/toward/with
• *exousia*: authority/power/jurisdiction
• *poieis*: you do/you are doing/you perform
• *dous*: having given/who gave

Referenced Verses

• John 2:18 : 18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
• Acts 7:27 : 27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
• Exod 2:14 : 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
• Matt 21:23-27 : 23 ¶ And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? 24 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.› 25 ‹The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?› And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. 27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, ‹Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.›
• Mark 11:28-33 : 28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? 29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.› 30 ‹The baptism of John, was› [it] ‹from heaven, or of men? answer me.› 31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all [men] counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. 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.›
• Acts 7:35-39 : 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. 36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. 37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. 38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: 39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
• Acts 7:51 : 51 ¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
• John 5:22-27 : 22 ‹For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:› 23 ‹That all› [men] ‹should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.› 24 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.› 25 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.› 26 ‹For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;› 27 ‹And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.›
• Acts 4:7-9 : 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
• Luke 19:35-40 : 35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. 36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. 37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; 38 Saying, Blessed [be] the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. 39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 40 And he answered and said unto them, ‹I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.›
• Luke 19:45-46 : 45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; 46 Saying unto them, ‹It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.›