Mark 11:28
And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
KJV
καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτῷ· ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιεῖς; ἢ τίς σοι τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην ἔδωκεν ἵνα ταῦτα ποιῇς;
Greek NT
et dicunt ei : In qua potestate hæc facis ? et quis dedit tibi hanc potestatem ut ista facias ?
Vulgate
and they said unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? or who gave thee this authority to do these things?
ASV
And they say to him: By what authority dost thou these things? And who hath given thee this authority that thou shouldst do these things?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἔλεγον — SBLGNT
- ἔλεγον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- λέγουσιν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἢ — SBLGNT
- ἢ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- καὶ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- ἔδωκεν τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην — SBLGNT
- ἔδωκεν τὴν … ταύτην — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τὴν … ταύτην ἔδωκεν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 4:7 — And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
- Exod 2:14 — And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
- Luke 20:2 — And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
- Mark 9:14 — And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.