Mat 21:23 | JFB | STEP | For the exposition of this majestic scene-- recorded, as will be seen, by all the Evangelists--see on . For the exposition, see on ; and . Now commences, as Alford remarks, that series of parables and discourses of our Lord with His enemies, in which He develops, more completely than ever before, His hostility to their hypocrisy and iniquity: and so they are stirred up to compass His death. The Authority of Jesus Questioned, and the Reply ( ). 23. By what authority doest thou these things!-- referring particularly to the expulsion of the buyers and sellers from the temple, and who gave thee this authority?

‏ Matthew 21:23

CHAPTER 21 Mt 21:1-9. Christ's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem on the First Day of the Week. ( = Mr 11:1-11; Lu 19:29-40; Joh 12:12-19).

For the exposition of this majestic scene--recorded, as will be seen, by all the Evangelists--see on Lu 19:29-40.

Mt 21:10-22. Stir about Him in the City--Second Cleansing of the Temple, and Miracles There--Glorious Vindication of the Children's Testimony--The Barren Fig Tree Cursed, with Lessons from It. ( = Mr 11:11-26; Lu 19:45-48).

For the exposition, see on Lu 19:45-48; and Mr 11:12-26.

Mt 21:23-46. The Authority of Jesus Questioned and the Reply--The Parables of the Two Sons, and of the Wicked Husbandman. ( = Mr 11:27-12:12; Lu 20:1-19).

Now commences, as Alford remarks, that series of parables and discourses of our Lord with His enemies, in which He develops, more completely than ever before, His hostility to their hypocrisy and iniquity: and so they are stirred up to compass His death.

The Authority of Jesus Questioned, and the Reply (Mt 21:23-27).

23. By what authority doest thou these things!--referring particularly to the expulsion of the buyers and sellers from the temple,

and who gave thee this authority?