Jesus’ Authority Questioned
1 Now ait happened on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted Him
2 and spoke to Him, saying, “Tell us, aby what authority are You doing these things? Or who is he who gave You this authority?”
3 But He answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, and answer Me:
5 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why1 then did you not believe him?’
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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What Does Luke 20:3 Mean?
Luke 20:3-8
A group of gainsaying Pharisees tried to push his buttons, provoking an argument, but Jesus kept his cool, answering their question with one of His own. Using this strategy, he placed this pack of weasels on the horns of an untenable dilemma, successfully answering their foolishness according to their folly.
David F. Maas
To Answer a Fool—or Not
Related Topics: According to His Folly
| Answering a Fool According to his Folly
| Answering Fools
| False Dilemma
| Fools, Answering
| Gainsaying Pharisees
| Horns of a Dilemma
| Pharisees' Pushing Jesus Christ's Buttons'
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