Lukas 20:2

20:2 and said to him, ¹  “Tell us: By what authority ²  are you doing these things? ³  Or who it is who gave you this authority?”

Lukas 20:37

20:37 But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised ⁴  in the passage about the bush, ⁵  where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. ⁶ 

[20:2]  ¹ tn Grk “and said, saying to him.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[20:2]  ² tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.

[20:2]  ³ sn The leadership is looking back to acts like the temple cleansing (19:45-48). How could a Galilean preacher do these things?

[20:37]  ⁴ tn Grk “But that the dead are raised even Moses revealed.”

[20:37]  ⁵ sn See Exod 3:6. Jesus used a common form of rabbinic citation here to refer to the passage in question.

[20:37]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Exod 3:6.