Mateus 21:27

27 Eles responderam a Jesus: “Não sabemos”.E ele lhes disse: “Tampouco direi com que autoridade estou fazendo estas coisas.

Mateus 21:27 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 21:27

And they answered Jesus and said, we cannot tell
They saw the dilemma they were brought into; they chose rather therefore to speak against their own consciences, and tell a wilful lie, and incur the reproach of ignorance: who, at other times, took upon them to judge of a prophet, whether he was a true or a false one, and by what authority he acted, whether of God, or man: but now being reduced to this wretched condition, contrary to their office and character, declare they did not know, and could not tell from whence John had his commission, and who gave him his authority:

and he said unto them, neither tell I you by what authority I do
these things:
since, according to the proposal of Christ, and the agreement he entered into with them, they did not give him a direct answer to his question, he looked upon himself under no obligation to inform them, what was his authority, and from whence he had it; though by the question he put to them he tacitly suggests, that he had his authority not from man, but from God; and by this his answer signifies, that since John preached and baptized without their authority and approbation, so might he; nor was he dependent on them, or accountable to them.

Mateus 21:27 In-Context

25 De onde era o batismo de João? Do céu ou dos homens?”Eles discutiam entre si, dizendo: “Se dissermos: Do céu, ele perguntará: ‘Então por que vocês não creram nele?’

26 Mas, se dissermos: Dos homens—temos medo do povo, pois todos consideram João um profeta”.

27 Eles responderam a Jesus: “Não sabemos”.E ele lhes disse: “Tampouco direi com que autoridade estou fazendo estas coisas.

28 “O que acham? Havia um homem que tinha dois filhos. Chegando ao primeiro, disse: ‘Filho, vá trabalhar hoje na vinha’.

29 “E este respondeu: ‘Não quero!’ Mas depois mudou de ideia e foi.