Luke 20:8

8 And Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

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, of men: the whole people will stone us. For they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

7 And they answered that they knew not whence it was.

8 And Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

9 And he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen: and he was abroad for a long time.

10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard. Who, beating him, sent him away empty.