The Ruling Authority of Jesus

Laying the Historical Foundation

The View of Contemporaries

Mark 1:22 NASB95

22 They were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Matthew 23:1–3 NASB95

1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, 2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; 3 therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.

Matthew

Matthew 28:18 NASB95

18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.