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Lesson: Withered Hand Healed; Causes Another Sabbath Controversy
27 So they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
You can sense the tension developing in this situation. To acknowledge that His authority was from heaven would condemn them for not receiving it and to claim it was from men (that is to say, of human origin) would upset the people. These were weak men, who always tested public opinion before making a decision. They refused to face the facts, so they pleaded ignorance. Their reply “We do not know” was begging the question and brought His clever response: “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Why should He tell them what they already knew but were unwilling to admit?
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