'Authority' in the Bible
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He told the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.
Summoning His 12 disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every disease and sickness.
And they took offense at Him [refusing to believe in Him]. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”
does not have to honor his father.' Because of your tradition, then, you have disregarded the authority of God's word.
Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus [to get something to use against Him], they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven [which would support His divine authority].
From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
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 authority?
And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Where did John's authority to baptize come from? From heaven or from humans?"
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.
"The scribes and the Pharisees administer the authority of Moses,
And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.
And those who had made Jesus prisoner took him away to the house of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and those in authority over the people had come together.
Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.
Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority,
But when the chief priests and those in authority made statements against him, he gave no answer.
Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.
In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,
And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying,
Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
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- Agency (8 instances)
- Assurance (28 instances)
- Authority (481 instances)
- Authorization (5 instances)
- Confidence (168 instances)
- Credit (47 instances)
- Direction (213 instances)
- Government (33 instances)
- Influence (36 instances)
- Jurisdiction (4 instances)
- Luminary (1 instance)
- Office (80 instances)
- Permit (64 instances)
- Potency (1 instance)
- Sanction (4 instances)
- Self-Confidence (2 instances)
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