We don't know. These leaders could neither admit John's authority nor deny his words. Neither will I tell you. Jesus will not allow them to decide the question of his authority, when they say they do not know the origin of John's mission.
Verse Matthew 21:27. _WE CANNOT TELL._] Simplicity gives a wonderful confidence and peace of mind; but double dealing causes a thousand inquietudes and troubles. Let a man do his utmost to conceal in...
See also Mark 11:27; Luke 20:1. Matthew 21:23 WHEN HE WAS COME INTO THE TEMPLE - That is, probably, into the inner court - the court of the Israelites....
9. THE KING ENTERS INTO JERUSALEM. The Parables of the Two Sons and the Householder and His Vineyard. CHAPTER 21 1. The King Enters Jerusalem. (Matthew 21:1 .) 2. The Second Cleansing of the Temple...
THE QUESTION OF AUTHORITY (Mark 11:27 *, Luke 20:1). Mk. is no doubt right in connecting the priest's question with the purging of the Temple, though these things may include teaching (and healing). F...
When Jesus had come into the Temple precincts, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this auth...
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT (Matthew 21:1-11)...
CANNOT TELL. do not (App-105.) know. TELL. know. Greek. _oida_. App-132....
THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST IS QUESTIONED Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8 _Tuesday, Nisan_ 11...
Note the sincerity of the οὐ λέγω in contrast with the evasion of οὐκ οἴδαμεν....
Ver 23. And when he was come into the temple, the Chief Priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee t...
_WITH THE FINISH IN SIGHT JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT AUTHORITY AND REPENTANCE MATTHEW 21:23-32:_ The chief priest and elders confronted Jesus with questions about His authority. "By what authority are you doi...
ΆΠΟΚΡΙΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part., см._ Matthew 21:21. ΕΊΠΑΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 21:25. Об использовании окончания аориста 1 типа с корнем аориста 2 типа _см._ RG, 337-39. ΟΪΔΑΜΕΝ _per...
NEITHER TELL I YOU— "I do not think it at all necessary to tell you by what authority I do these things; for the other question concerning John, naturally requires to be determined first; and when you...
SECTION 57: JESUS MEETS CHALLENGES TO HIS AUTHORITY: THREE PARABLES OF WARNING (Parallels: Mark 11:27 to Mark 12:1; Luke 20:1-8) TEXT: 21:23-32 A. JESUS-' AUTHORITY CHALLENGED 23 And when he was c...
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. AND THEY ANSWERED JESUS, AND SAID, WE CANNOT TELL. Evidently their...
12 His first act as King was to cleanse the temple of idolatry, for covetousness is nothing less (Col_3:5). The temple tax, or double drachma (Mat_17:24) had to be paid by even the poorest of the peop...
WE CANNOT TELL] To be forced to admit their ignorance, was more damaging to their reputation than a definite answer would have been, for one of the most important duties of the Sanhedrin, according to...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE Chronology of the Last Week of Christ's Life, commonly called Holy Week (chiefly after Hastings' 'Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels'). Sabbath, Nisan 8...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 21 JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM 21:1-11 V1 As they came nearer to Jerusalem, they reached the town called Bethphage. It was on the Mount o...
WE CANNOT TELL. — The confession of impotence to which the priests and scribes were thus brought was, as has been said, a virtual abdication. Before such a tribunal the Prophet whom they called in que...
Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
_Interrogation as to authority_ (Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8), wherewith suitably opens the inevitable final conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders of the people....
οὐδὲ ἐγὼ, etc.: Jesus was not afraid to answer their question, but He felt it was not worth while giving an answer to opportunists....
AUTHORITY WHICH SILENCED AND CONDEMNED Matthew 21:23-32 Our Lord always refused to gratify idle curiosity. When an earnest seeker for truth, like Nicodemus, approached Him to know the way of life, He...
In this cleansing of the Temple for the second time-He had done the same at the outset of His ministry- the Lord revealed His conception of the secret of all civic righteousness and strength. He revea...
THE HIGH PRIESTS DEMAND HIS AUTHORITY Matthew 21:23-27; Luke 20:1-8; Mark 11:27-33. “And again they come into Jerusalem. And He, walking round in the temple, file high priests, scribes, and elders com...
"And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this auth...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
Afterwards (chapter 21), disposing of all that belonged to His willing people, He makes His entry into Jerusalem as King and Lord, according to the testimony of Zechariah. But although entering as Kin...
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...
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. Ver. 27. _We cannot tell_] Lie and all: they could tell, and would no...
_When he was come into the temple, the chief priests came_ Who thought he violated their right: _And the elders of the people_ Probably, members of the sanhedrim, to whom that title most properly belo...
AND THEY ANSWERED JESUS AND SAID, WE CANNOT TELL. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, NEITHER TELL I YOU BY WHAT AUTHORITY I DO THESE THINGS. Christ's method of answering question with question again proved effect...
The answer:...
It is a moment of most serious significance as the Lord is now about to enter Jerusalem. He is to be publicly presented to Israel, yet in lowly grace, not in power and majesty. Two of His disciples ar...
23-27 As our Lord now openly appeared as the Messiah, the chief priests and scribes were much offended, especially because he exposed and removed the abuses they encouraged. Our Lord asked what they...
Ver. 24-27. We have the same without any considerable alteration MARK 11:27. Luke also records the same history, LUKE 20:1, with no considerable difference, only he thus prefaceth to it: And it came t...
Matthew 21:27 So G2532 answered G611 (G5679) Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) not G3756 know G1492 ...
‘And they answered Jesus, and said, “We do not know.”. He also said to them, “Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.” ' In the end they opted for the answer that they felt would embar...
JESUS IS QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS AUTHORITY (21:23-27). The idea that the leadership of Israel were in fact only a sham is now emphasised in this incident. In it the leaders of the people, the religious a...
Matthew 21:27. WE KNOW NOT. A falsehood; as Matthew 21:25-26, show. NEITHER TELL I YOU, etc. Christ answers their thought: we _will_ not tell. This refusal is similar to that made when a sign from he...
TIME. _Tuesday_, in the temple, after the discourse about the fig tree. The events recorded in chaps, 22, 23, took place on the same day; the discourse in chaps, 24, 26, was delivered in the evening a...
Matthew 21:23 Why Christ could not make His Authority known to the Pharisees. I. John had said to the Pharisees, "Bring forth fruits meet for repentance, and think not to say unto yourselves, We have...
Matthew 21:23. _And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto, him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gav...
CONTENTS: The triumphant entry. Jesus' second purification of the temple. Barren fig tree cursed. Jesus' authority questioned. Parable of the two sons in the vineyard. Parable of the house-holder dema...
Matthew 21:1. _When they were come to Bethphage._ The rabbins dispute about the etymon of this village, whether it mean the “house of the fountain,” as is the literal import; or the “house of grossiti...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 21:25 FROM HEAVEN OR FROM MAN? The leaders’ refusal to answer this question shows their dishonesty and traps them. If they do not know whether John was from God, how can they j...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 21:1 The Messiah Asserts His Authority over Jerusalem. Jesus’ authority over Jerusalem is revealed in his triumphal entry (Matthew 21:1), action
RELIGIOUS LEADERS CHALLENGE JESUS' AUTHORITY MATTHEW 21:23-27; MARK 11:27-33; LUKE 20:1-8; MATTHEW 21:23 And when he was come int
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 21:23. THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE ELDERS.—St. Mark and St. Luke add “the scribes,” thus including representatives of the three constituent elements of the Sanhedrin (_Plumptre_...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 21:1 _Triumphal entry into Jerusalem_. (Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12.)...
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, they were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, and then Jesus sent two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately...
2 Corinthians 4:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Isaiah 28:9;...
Neither tell I you — Not again, in express terms: he had often told them before, and they would not believe him....