'Authority' in the Bible

However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

Then the Jewish leaders asked him, "What sign can you show us as authority for doing these things?"

The Father judges no one, but has given all authority to judge to the Son,

and he has given him authority to judge, because he is the Son of Man.

So Jesus told them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own authority. Instead, I speak only what the Father has taught me.

No one is taking it from me; I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This is what my Father has commanded me."

because I haven't spoken on my own authority. Instead, the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and how to speak.

For you have given him authority over all humanity so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

While I was with them, I protected them by the authority that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined for destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

So Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to speak to me? You realize, don't you, that I have the authority to release you and the authority to crucify you?"

Jesus answered him, "You have no authority over me at all, except what was given to you from above. That's why the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin."