John 7:15
Therefore, those of Yehudah were marveling, saying, How has this man binah (understanding) of a Yeshiva yode'a sefer (scholar), not having learned?
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
In Context
Cross References
Amos 7:14Then answered Amos, and said to Amatzyah: I was no navi, neither was I a ben navi; but I was a herder, and a dresser of sycamore-fig trees;
Matthew 13:54And having come into Moshiachʼs shtetl, he began ministering as a moreh (teacher) in their shul, so that they were amazed and said, From where did this chochmah come to this one, this chochmah and these moftim (miracles, wonders, omens)?
Matthew 22:33And having heard this, the multitudes were amazed at Moshiachʼs torah (teaching).
Luke 2:47And all the ones listening to him where amazed at his binah and at his teshuvot (answers).
John 1:19And this is the solemn edut (testimony) of Yochanan, when those of Yehudah sent kohanim and L'viim from Yerushalayim to him that they might ask him, Mi atah? (Who are you?).
Acts 2:7And they were nispoyel (standing in awe) and marveled, saying, Hinei, are not all of these Galileans speaking?
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 →