Mark 11:27-28 - Exposition

By what authority doest then these things? We learn from Mark 11:18 float the chief priests and scribes had already been seeking how they might destroy him, and they wanted to establish some definite charge, whether of blasphemy or of sedition, against him. They now approach him as he walked in the temple, and demand by what authority he was doing these things, such as casting out the profaners of the temple, teaching and instructing the people, accepting their Hosannas, etc . And who gave thee this authority to do these things? According to the best reading, this sentence should run, or ( ἢ instead of καὶ ) w ho ga ve thee , etc., instead of "and who gave thee," etc. So that the questions are directed to two things—was his authority inherent? or, was it derived?