25/06/2025
What Is Authority?
The translators of the King James Version translated many
words consistently, but not the Greek words for "power" and
"authority."
For example, in the King James Version, Jesus says in Luke
10:19, "Behold, I give unto you POWER to tread on serpents
and scorpions, and over all the POWER of the enemy: and
nothing shall by any means hurt you."
Although the word "power" is used twice in this verse, two
different words are found in the original Greek. What Jesus
actually said was, "I have given you AUTHORITY to tread on
serpents and scorpions, and over all the POWER of the
enemy...."