Quotes About Authority

“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this manís blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,

He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”

And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

If this report reaches the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

The people were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

“What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”

All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”

And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

Jesus promptly sent him away with a stern warning:

“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ëYour sins are forgiven,í or to say, ëGet up, pick up your mat, and walkí?

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,

So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.