The King's Authority

"The characteristic of Jesus that left the most lasting impression
on his followers and caused the greatest offense to his opponents
was his exousia, his sovereign freedom and magisterial authority."
Jesus has walked into the religious institution of the day and
challenged the leaders and people directly. He has disrupted
hundreds of years of tradition and has claimed to do so by God's
authority. The leader of the religious wants to know where Jesus
gets off telling them what to do. They respond to his disruption
quickly and eventually decisively -- at least for the time being.