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“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” (Mt 21:23).
The chief priests and elders of the Jerusalem Temple are charged with keeping order in the holiest of holy places in Judaism. And they want to know who gives Jesus authority to upend the tables of the merchants (which he has done recently) and question the economy of the Temple. Is he just another fanatic who wants to disrupt the status quo without offering any real, constructive alternative? Or does he actually have authority to call for a new order?