Jesus answered,
You could have no power at all against me, except it were given you from above: therefore he that delivered me unto you has the greater sin.
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Cyprian of Carthage
AD 258
And the Lord in His Gospel says, in the time of His passion, "Thou couldest have no power against me unless it were given thee from above.".
In the Gospel according to John: "Jesus said, Thou couldest have no power against me, unless it were given thee from above."