Luke 20:8

8 Then Jesus said unto 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 and if we say, Of men, all the people will stone us; for they are certain that John was a prophet.

7 And they answered that they knew not from where.

8 Then Jesus said unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

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

10 And at the season he sent a slave to the husbandmen that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard, but the husbandmen beat him and sent him away empty.