John 7:16
Then Jesus responded to them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but of Him that sent me;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
In Context
15Then the Jews marveled, saying; How does this one know letters, never having been taught?
Cross References
John 3:31He that cometh from above is above all;
John 5:30I am not able to do anything of myself: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the One having sent me.
John 6:44No one is able to come unto me, unless the Father who sent me may draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.
John 12:49Because I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father Himself having sent me, gave me commandment, what I shall speak, and what I shall say.
John 14:24The one not loving me with divine love does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but that of the Father who sent me.
John 17:14I have given unto them thy word; and the world 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 →