³ At the same time ^(A)Tattenai the governor of the region beyond ^[a]the River and Shethar-Boznai and their companions came to them and spoke thus to them: ^(B)“Who has commanded you to build this ^[b]temple and finish this wall?”

The Temple Completed and Dedicated

¹³ Then Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions diligently did according to what King Darius had sent.

⁷ And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, ^(A)“By what power or by what name have you done this?”

Jesus’ Authority Questioned^(A)

^23 (B)Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and ^(C)said, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?”

⁷ Furthermore I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the ^(A)governors of the region beyond ^[a]the River, that they must permit me to pass through till I come to Judah, ⁸ and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he must give me timber to make beams for the gates of the ^[b]citadel which pertains ^(B)to the ^[c]temple, for the city wall, and for the house that I will occupy.” And the king granted them to me ^(C)according to the good hand of my God upon me.

⁹ Then I went to the governors in the region beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

⁶ This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent: