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And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
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And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven...
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But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the...
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Most Relevant Verses. Matthew 7:29. Verse Concepts. for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes. Matthew 28:18. Verse Concepts. And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Mark 1:27.
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- Authority as A Teacher
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- Authority to Heal The Sick and Cast Out Demons
- Authority Over The Creation
- His Teaching About Authority
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- All Authority
- Authority Delegated to His Followers
The word translated into English as authority is the Greek word exousia. Exousiameans authority, power, or right. We might say that a person who has authority has the ability to give direction to other people. Generally, that authority is limited to specific areas, but sometimes it is more comprehensive. When my children were very young, I had the ...
In Matthew 8:5-13we find a good example of authority. In this account, a Roman centurion came to Jesus, asking for the healing of a servant. When Jesus asked about going to the centurion’s home to heal the servant, the centurion responded with a statement on authority. He was a man who was himself under authority and had others under his own author...
Chapters 5-7 of the gospel of Matthew contain what we commonly call the Sermon on the Mount. And at the end of this extended section of Jesus’ teachings, Matthew says that “the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law” (Matt. 7:28-29). Most teachers in Jesus’ day would gene...
In Matthew 9:1-8we find the story of a paralyzed man brought to Jesus by his friends. Jesus told him that his sins were forgiven. And when challenged by the religious elite of his day, who equated sin and sickness, he healed the man to demonstrate to them his authority to also forgive sins. The crowds are amazed that God has given this kind of auth...
In Matthew 10:1Jesus commissioned his disciples and sent them out to the surrounding towns. And as a part of that commissioning, he “gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.” In order to be able to give that authority to his disciples, Jesus must also have had that authority. And he demonstrated that r...
In Matthew 8:23-27we find Jesus and his disciples in a boat, crossing the Sea of Galilee. During the crossing, a severe storm blew in and the boat was in danger of sinking. The disciples, in fear, woke up the sleeping Jesus. And he responded by rebuking the wind and waves. In response, they become still. The wind quit blowing and the sea became cal...
Jesus demonstrated his authority in many ways: over the Scripture; in forgiving sin; in healing and casting out demons; and over the creation. We might be led to believe that the exercise of authority is all about the use of power. But, in the kingdom Jesus is establishing, there is a twist. The power to rule within the kingdom is not what we would...
During Jesus final week before his crucifixion, he spent every day in Jerusalem, frequently in the temple courts. And on one of these occasions, he was challenged by the Jewish religious leaders about his authority to do what he was doing (Matt. 21:23-27). They considered themselves to have authority over the temple complex and all that took place ...
At the end of Matthew, Jesus appeared to his disciples and gave them what we today call the Great Commission. And he preceded this commission with the statement that “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me” (Matt. 28:18). And that authority included the ability, and right, to commission his followers to continue the work that he ...
The commission Jesus gave to his disciples in Matthew 28:19-20was not to them alone. This commission was given to his church as a whole. That commission also grants us the authority to carry it out. We have the authority to take the gospel out into the world around us. And we have the authority to make disciples, leading the lost to know their crea...
Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”
- Luke 10:19 ESV / 120 helpful votes. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
- Matthew 28:18 ESV / 108 helpful votes. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
- Mark 16:17-18 ESV / 89 helpful votes. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
- John 14:12 ESV / 77 helpful votes. “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served ...
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Oct 8, 2015 · Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
