Matthew 21:27
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This episode discusses the authority of Jesus and the response of the religious leaders regarding John the Baptist.
Monday, 20 July 2026 So they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Matthew 21:27 “And answering, the ‘Jesus’, they said, ‘Not we have known.’ He said to them, also He, ‘Nor I, I tell you in where-such authority these I do.’” (CG) In the previous verse, the leaders of Israel, pondering among themselves, realized that if they said John’s authority was from men, the multitude might come after them. With them being stuck in a hard place concerning Jesus’ question, Matthew next records, “And answering, the ‘Jesus’, they said, ‘Not we have known.’” The leaders of the nation were wholly incapable of making a simple proclamation concerning John as proposed by Jesus in His question to them. The answer was something that was as evident as the nose on a person’s face if John’s role was evaluated from their own Scriptures. But because they lacked any intestinal fortitude at all in relation to standing on the authority of Scripture, while at the same time standing at odds with Jesus’ ministry, they were unwilling to answer His question. Because of that, Matthew next records Jesus’ emphatic response to…
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