Quotes about Authority
“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
Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
- John 7:44
“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
- John 7:46
But this crowd that does not know the law, they are under a curse.”
- John 7:49
So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”
- John 8:13
But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.
- John 8:16
I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”
- John 8:18
“Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
- John 8:25
So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
- John 8:28