Ezr 1:3, 5:9, Mat 21:23, Act 4:7 | ESV | STEP | Whoever is among you of all his people , may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem , which is in Judah , and rebuild the house of the Lord , the God of Israel

b[See ver. 3 above]

cFor ver. 23-27, see Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8

Ezra 1:3

3 Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel— ^ahe is the God who is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 5:9

9 Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus: ^b‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’

Matthew 21:23

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

23 ^cAnd when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him ^das he was teaching, and said, ^e“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

Acts 4:7

7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, ^f“By what power or ^gby what name did you do this?”