John 7:16
“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
In Context
15The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
Cross References
John 3:31The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
John 5:30I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 6:44“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 12:49I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
John 14:24Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.
John 17:14I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just 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 →