John 7:16
Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
In Context
15and the Jews were wondering, saying, “How has this One known letters—having not learned?”
Cross References
John 3:31He who is coming from above is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaks; He who is coming from Heaven is above all.
John 5:30I am not able of Myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of the Father who sent Me.
John 6:44no one is able to come to Me if the Father who sent Me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;
John 12:49because I did not speak from Myself, but the Father who sent Me, He gave Me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,
John 14:24he who is not loving Me does not keep My words; and the word that you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
John 17:14I have given Your word to them, and the world 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 →