John 7:15
The Jews were amazed, saying, “How does this man know so much, when he has never had any formal instruction?”
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
In Context
14Midway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
16Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not my own; it comes from him who sent me.
Cross References
Matthew 13:54Then he went to his hometown and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?
Matthew 22:33And when the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
Luke 2:47And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
John 1:19This was the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are yoʋ?”
Acts 2:7They were astonished and amazed, saying to one another, “Behold, 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 →