Ezra 5:9
Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?
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Ezra 5:9
Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?
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Ezra 1:3
Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.
Matthew 21:23
And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?
Acts 4:7
Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?
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Ezra 5:6
This is a copy of the letter which Tattenai, the ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his friends the Apharsachites, living across the river, sent to Darius the king:
Ezra 5:7
They sent him a letter saying, To Darius the king, all peace:
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Ezra 5:11
And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.
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