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Mark 11:27-33

Religious Leaders Challenge Jesus' Authority


11:27 They arrived again in Jerusalem, and while Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders came to him.

 
28 "By what authority are you doing these things?" they asked. "And who gave you authority to do this?"
 
29 Jesus replied, "I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
 
30 John's baptism—was it from heaven, or from men? Tell me!"
 

31 They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why didn't you believe him?'

 
32 But if we say, 'From men'...." (They feared the people, for everyone held that John really was a prophet.)
 

33 So they answered Jesus, "We don't know."

 

Jesus said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."



This is the Word of the Lord ... It is meant to change the way that we think, and the way that we live.

Commentary by Bob Pardue

Christ is challenged by religious leaders and the chief priests

Was this question? Of course it was ! d:-)

The religious leaders and chief priests could care less about discovering the truth about Jesus.

The "authority" question was a trap as most of their questions were.

In the eyes of the religious leaders, Jesus could answer only in one of these two ways...

  1. He could answer that his authority came from God (blasphemy)
  2. The other answer was that he just decided to disrupt the temple own his own (just another troublemaker and fanatic)

Either way, they would be rid of him for good.

One consistency you will find all through the New Testament is that, not once, did Jesus ever fall into any of the traps planted by the Pharisees and priests.

Christ answered their question with a question that they could not answer without trapping themselves.

They could not answer Jesus as verses 31 & 32 explain because they were mainly interested in getting rid of Jesus. His teachings and behavior was weakening their authority and they had no intention of losing their power over the people, not mention their wealth.

Are we interested in discovering the truth about Christ? More personally, are you interested in learning more about Jesus and his plan for your life?

 

Love in Christ

- Bob


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Bob Pardue is a member of First Baptist Church in Lancaster, SC. He is ordained from Rich Hill Baptist in Lancaster. The website is at http://www.makingchristknown.com

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Verses are from Life Application Study Bible: New International Version

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