'Authority' in the Bible

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority;

saying, “Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

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

And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them.

“While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,