John 7:16
Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 3:31He who comes from above is above all. He whose origin is from the earth is not only himself from the earth, his teaching also is from the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all.
John 5:30"I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.
John 6:44"no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; then I will raise him to life on the last day.
John 12:49Because I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me, Himself gave me a command what to say and in what words to speak.
John 14:24He who has no love for me does not obey my teaching; and yet the teaching to which you are listening is not mine, but is the teaching of the Father who sent me.
John 17:14I have given them Thy Message, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to 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 →