John 7:15
And the Jews wondered, saying: “How does this one know letters, though he has not been taught?”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
In Context
14Then, about the middle of the feast, Jesus ascended into the temple, and he was teaching.
16Jesus responded to them and said: “My doctrine is not of me, but of him who sent me.
Cross References
Amos 7:14And Amos responded, and he said to Amasias, “I am not a prophet, and I am not the son of a prophet, but I am a herdsman plucking from wild fig trees.
Matthew 13:54And arriving in his own country, he taught them in their synagogues, so much so that they wondered and said: “How can such wisdom and power be with this one?
Matthew 22:33And when the crowds heard this, they wondered at his doctrine.
Luke 2:47But all who listened to him were astonished over his prudence and his responses.
John 1:19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him, so that they might ask him, “Who are you?”
Acts 2:7Then all were astonished, and they wondered, saying: “Behold, are not all of these who are speaking Galileans?
Matthew Henry on John 7:15-37
Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and… Read the whole commentary →