9 Bible Verses about Authority Delegated To People

And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, be in authority over ten cities.'

Likewise he said to him, 'You also be over five cities.'

Pilate said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and power to crucify you?"

Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered me to you has the greater sin."

For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

For I am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."

And that is just what I did in Jerusalem; I not only shut up many of the saints in prison, by authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

"On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.