John 7:16
Jesus answered and said: My doctrine is not from me, but from him that sent me.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
In Context
15And the Jews wondered, and said: How knoweth this man literature, having not been educated?
Cross References
John 3:31For he that cometh from above, is above all; and he that is from the earth, is of the earth, and talketh of the earth. He that cometh from heaven, is above all;
John 5:30I can do nothing of my own pleasure; but as I hear, so I judge. And my judgment is just; for I seek not my own pleasure, but the pleasure of him that sent me.
John 6:44No man can come to me, unless the Father who sent me, shall draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 12:49For I have not spoken from myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should speak, and what I should say.
John 14:24But he that loveth me not, observeth not my instruction. And the instruction which ye hear, is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
John 17:14I have given them thy word: and the world hath 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 →