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Luke 20:8

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

KJV

καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐδὲ ἐγὼ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιῶ.

Greek NT

Et Jesus ait illis : Neque ego dico vobis in qua potestate hæc facio.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐδέ
oude
conjunction · 137×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ποῖος
poios
interrogative_pronoun · 33×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξουσία
exousia
noun · 102×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Matt 7:29 — For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.