when
Mark 11:27
And they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as he is walking, there come unto him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
Mark 11:28
and they say to him, 'By what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority that these things thou mayest do?'
Luke 19:47
And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him -- also the chiefs of the people --
Luke 19:48
and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.
Luke 20:1
And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon [him],
Luke 20:2
and spake unto him, saying, 'Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?'
the chief priests
1 Chronicles 24:1-19
1
And to the sons of Aaron [are] their courses: sons of Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar,
2
and Nadab dieth, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests.
3
And David distributeth them, and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service;
4
and there are found of the sons of Eleazar more for heads of the mighty men than of the sons of Ithamar; and they distribute them: Of the sons of Eleazar, heads for a house of fathers, sixteen; and of the sons of Ithamar, for a house of their fathers, eight.
5
And they distribute them, by lots, one with another, for princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, have been of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6
And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writeth them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites: one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar.
7
And the first lot goeth out for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah the second,
8
for Harim the third, for Seorim the fourth,
9
for Malchijah the fifth, for Mijamin the sixth,
10
for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth,
11
for Jeshuah the ninth, for Shecaniah the tenth,
12
for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth,
13
for Huppah the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab the fourteenth,
14
for Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth,
15
for Hezir the seventeenth, for Aphses the eighteenth,
16
for Pethahiah the nineteenth, for Jehezekel the twentieth,
17
for Jachin the one and twentieth, for Gamul the two and twentieth,
18
for Delaiah the three and twentieth, for Maaziah the four and twentieth.
19
These [are] their appointments for their service, to come in to the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Jehovah God of Israel, commanded them.
By what
Exodus 2:14
and he saith, 'Who set thee for a head and a judge over us? to slay me art thou saying [it], as thou hast slain the Egyptian?' and Moses feareth, and saith, 'Surely the thing hath been known.'
Acts 4:7
and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, 'In what power, or in what name did ye do this?'
Acts 7:27
and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?