Quotes about Authority
But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
— John 5:11
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
— John 5:21
Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
— John 5:22
And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
— John 5:27
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
— John 5:30
If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
— John 5:31
I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
— John 5:43
Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
— John 6:15
“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
— John 7:16
He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
— John 7:18
Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
— John 7:26
Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
— John 7:28