Mark 11:28

28 and sayd vnto him: by what auctorite doest thou these thinges? and who gave the this auctorite to do these thinges?

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

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27 And they came agayne to Hierusalem. And as he walked in the teple ther came to him ye hye prestes and the Scribes and the elders

28 and sayd vnto him: by what auctorite doest thou these thinges? and who gave the this auctorite to do these thinges?

29 Iesus answered and sayde vnto them: I will also axe of you a certayne thinge: and answere ye me and I wyll tell you by what auctorite I do these thinges.

30 The baptyme of Iohn was it from heven or of men? Answer me.