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John 7:17

If anyone wants to do the ratzon Hashem, he will have da'as about my Torah, whether it is of Hashem or I speak only from myself. + 7:17 Ps 25:14; 92:15; Num 16:28

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

In Context

16Therefore, in reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, My Torah (teaching) is not mine but of the One having sent me.

18The one speaking from himself seeks his own kavod (glory), but he who is seeking the kavod of the One having sent him, this one is ne'eman and there is no avlah (injustice) in him.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:8[Tet] Tov and yashar is Hashem; 1 therefore will He teach chatta'im in the Derech. 1

Psalms 25:14[Samech] The secret of Hashem is with them that fear Him; 1 and He will show them His Brit (covenant). 1

Psalms 119:101I have refrained my feet from every orakh rah, 1 in order that I might be shomer over Thy Devar. 1

Jeremiah 31:33And they shall teach no more every ish his re'a (neighbor), and every ish his brother, saying, Know Hashem; for they shall all have da'as of Me, from the katon of them unto the gadol of them, saith Hashem; for I will forgive their avon, and I will remember their chattat no more. 1

Hosea 6:3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know Hashem; 1 His going forth is established as the shachar (dawn); 1 and He shall come unto us as the geshem (winter rain), 1 as the malkosh (spring rain) + 6:3 i.e., as the latter and former rain, which is the winter and spring rain unto ha'aretz. 1

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 →

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