¹² So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”

The Authority of Jesus Questioned^(A)

²³ Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. “By what authority^(B) are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you this authority?”

² For I can testify about them that they are zealous^(A) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.

²⁹ They asked each other, “Who did this?”

When they carefully investigated, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash^(A) did it.”

³⁸ Saul therefore said, “Come here, all you who are leaders of the army, and let us find out what sin has been committed^(A) today.