Mt 28:18-20
What is authority? For our purposes, it means two related but different things.
First, “authority” sometimes means “the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will must be submitted to by others and obeyed)” (Thayer). Mt 8:9
Jesus has all of this kind of authority. Jn 17:1B-2A
Why did the Father have all this kind of authority to give Jesus? Ps 24:1-2 Jesus has delegated some of this kind of authority to certain people. Jn 19:11A
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