Quotes about Authority
Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
— John 19:22
Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!”
— John 21:22
Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
— Acts 1:7
For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
— Acts 2:34
until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
— Acts 2:35
along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
— Acts 4:6
They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
— Acts 4:7
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
— Acts 4:8
So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
— Acts 4:15
“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
— Acts 4:16
Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
— Acts 4:18
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
— Acts 4:19