John 7:15
The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
In Context
14About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
16“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
Cross References
Amos 7:14“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
Matthew 13:54Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
Matthew 22:33When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
Luke 2:47And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.
John 1:19And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
Acts 2:7Astounded and amazed, they asked one another, “Are not all 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 →