John 7:16
Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
In Context
15The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
Cross References
John 3:31“He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
John 5:30I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgement is righteous, because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
John 6:44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up in the last day.
John 12:49For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
John 14:24He who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words. The word which you hear isn’t mine, but the Father’s who sent me.
John 17:14I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even 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 →