Mark 11:28

28 and they said to him, "What s'mikhah do you have that authorizes you to do these things? Who gave you this s'mikhah authorizing you to do them?"

Mark 11:28 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 11:28

And say unto him, by what authority dost thou do these
things?
&c.] Enter into the temple, as if he was Lord of it; and correct in such a magisterial way every thing he thought an abuse in it; do the miracles he did, as healing the lame, and blind; and take upon him to instruct the people, a work he was now engaged in:

and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
(See Gill on Matthew 21:23).

Mark 11:28 In-Context

26 Some manuscripts include verse 26: But if you do not forgive, your Father in heaven will not forgive your offenses."

27 They went back into Yerushalayim; and as he was walking in the Temple courts, there came to him the head cohanim, the Torah-teachers and the elders;

28 and they said to him, "What s'mikhah do you have that authorizes you to do these things? Who gave you this s'mikhah authorizing you to do them?"

29 Yeshua said to them, "I will ask you just one question: answer me, and I will tell you by what s'mikhah I do these things.

30 The immersion of Yochanan -- was it from Heaven or from a human source? Answer me."