John 7:15
And the Jews wondered, and said: How knoweth this man literature, having not been educated?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
In Context
14And in the midst of the days of the feast, Jesus went into the temple, and taught.
16Jesus answered and said: My doctrine is not from me, but from him that sent me.
Cross References
Matthew 13:54And he entered into his own city. And he taught them in their synagogues, in such manner that they wondered, and said: Whence hath he this wisdom and these works of power?
Matthew 22:33And when the multitude heard it they were astonished at his doctrine.
Luke 2:47And all they that heard him, were astonished at his wisdom and his answers.
John 1:19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews of Jerusalem sent to him priests and Levites, to ask him, Who art thou?
Acts 2:7And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another: All these who speak behold, are they not 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 →