Mark 11:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιεῖς; καὶ τίς σοι τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην ἔδωκεν ἵνα ταῦτα ποιῇς;

Transliteration

And they legousin to him, By what kind of exousia these things poieis? and who to you the exousian this edōken that these things you poiēs?

Grammar Details

*legousin*: present active indicative, 3rd plural - they say
*exousia*: dative, feminine, singular - authority/power
*poieis*: present active indicative, 2nd singular - you do
*exousian*: accusative, feminine, singular - authority/power
*edōken*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - gave
*poiēs*: present active subjunctive, 2nd singular - you might do

Word Meanings

*legousin*: say/speak/tell
*exousia*: authority/power/right
*poieis*: do/perform/act
*exousian*: authority/power/right
*edōken*: gave/granted/bestowed
*poiēs*: might do/perform/act

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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.
Num 16:3 : 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
Num 16:13 : 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
Acts 7:27-28 : 27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
Acts 7:38-39 : 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.

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