John 7:16
Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but [that] of him that has sent me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
In Context
15The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knows this [man] letters, having never learned?
Cross References
John 3:31He who comes from above is above all. He who has his origin in the earth is of the earth, and speaks [as] of the earth. He who comes out of heaven is above all,
John 5:30I cannot do anything of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my will, but the will of him that has sent me.
John 6:44No one can come to me except the Father who has sent me draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
John 12:49For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what I should say and what I should speak;
John 14:24He that loves me not does not keep my words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but [that] of the Father who has sent me.
John 17:14I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
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 →