John 7:16
In reply Jesus said to them; "My teaching is not mine, but is his who sent me. "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
In Context
Cross References
John 3:31"He that comes from above is above all; but one who is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaks. He who comes from heaven is above all.
John 5:30"I can of my own self do nothing. As I listen, I judge, and my own judgment is just, because I am not seeking my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.
John 6:44answered Jesus; "no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him; then I will raise him up on the last day.
John 12:49because I have never spoken on my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me gave me commandment what to say and what words to speak.
John 14:24"He that loves me not does not obey words, and yet the words to which you are listening are not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.
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 →