Luke 20:8

8 Jesus said, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things either."

Luke 20:8 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:8

And Jesus said unto them
Since they would not give him a direct answer to his question:

neither tell I you by what authority I do these things;
nor was there any need of it; they might easily perceive by what he had said, from whence he professed to have received his authority, from God, and not men; (See Gill on Matthew 21:27).

Luke 20:8 In-Context

6 But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will throw stones at us and kill us. They believe that John was a prophet."

7 So they answered Jesus, "We don't know where John's baptism came from."

8 Jesus said, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things either."

9 Jesus went on to tell the people a story. "A man planted a vineyard," he said. "He rented it out to some farmers. Then he went away for a long time.

10 "At harvest time he sent a servant to the renters. They were supposed to give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the renters beat the servant. Then they sent him away with nothing.