John 7:16
Jeshu answered and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
In Context
15And the Jihudoyee wondered and said, How knoweth this man the scripture, when he hath not learned?
Cross References
John 3:31For he who from above hath come, is above all; and he who is from the earth, is of the earth, and of the earth speaketh: he who from heaven hath come, is above all.
John 5:30I CANNOT of the will of myself do any thing; but as I hear I judge, and my judgment is just; for I seek not my will, but the will of Him who sent me.
John 6:44No man can come to me unless the Father who sent me shall attract him, and I will raise him at the last day.
John 12:49For I of myself have not spoken, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John 14:24But he who loveth me not, keepeth not my word. And the word that you hear is not mine, but of the Father who sent me.
John 17:14I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, 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 →