Section 108 A

Section 108 A
IN REPLY TO THE QUESTIONS AS TO HIS AUTHORITY, JESUS GIVES THE THIRD GREAT GROUP OF PARABLES
(In the Court of the Temple. Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30.)
Subdivision A
INTRODUCTION
MATT. 21:23-27
MARK 11:27-33
LUKE 20:1-8

Summary: The religious leaders approach Jesus in the temple.  Mark supplies that it was while he was walking in the temple.

"By what authority ... - There was a show of propriety in this question. He was making great changes in the affairs of the temple, and they claimed the right to know why this was done, contrary to their permission. He was not “a priest;” he had no civil or ecclesiastical authority as a Jew. It was sufficient authority, indeed, that he came as a prophet and worked miracles. But they professed not to be satisfied with that."  -Barnes

"If they couldn't tell that much about John, why did they question the authority of One who was greater than John? This passage shows that the great essential in teaching God's word is to be filled with the Holy Spirit. One who has that enduement can triumph over those whose power is wrapped up in degrees, human titles, and honors." -Believer's Bible

"But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet." Mark 11:32

"The reward of their evil conscience is to be afraid of those who should have been afraid of them." -Geneva