9 Bible Verses about Authority Delegated To People

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

"Then he said to him also, 'You shall be over five cities.'

Jesus made no answer. So Pilate said to him. "Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, or power to crucify you?"

"You would have no power over me," answered Jesus, "unless it had been given you from above. For this reason he who has betrayed me to you has the greater sin."

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

"For I also am a man obedient to authority, and have soldiers under me. And I say to one 'come,' and he comes, and to my slave 'do this or that,' and he does it."

"In this city, too, he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all those who call upon thy name."

"And this also I did in Jerusalem. Armed with authority from the chief priests, I shut up many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death I gave my vote against them.

"On this errand I was traveling to Damascus one day, armed with authority and commission of the chief priests,