Mark
Mark 11:28
28“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By | Ἐν | En | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| what | ποίᾳ | poia | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular | G4169 of what sort |
| authority | ἐξουσίᾳ | exousia | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G1849 power, authority, weight |
| are You doing | ποιεῖς | poieis | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G4160 I do, make |
| these things | ταῦτα | tauta | Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| they asked | ἔλεγον | elegon | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| who | τίς | tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| gave | ἔδωκεν | edōken | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1325 I offer, give |
| You | σοι | soi | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| the | τὴν | tēn | Article - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| authority | ἐξουσίαν | exousian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1849 power, authority, weight |
| to | ἵνα | hina | Conjunction | G2443 in order that, so that |
| do | ποιῇς | poiēs | Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Singular | G4160 I do, make |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Exodus 2:14 · Numbers 16:3 · Acts 7:51 · Acts 7:27–28 · Numbers 16:13 · Acts 7:38–39
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.