John 7:19

Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not a man of you obeys the Law. Why do you want to kill me?"

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

In Context

18The man whose teaching originates with himself aims at his own glory. He who aims at the glory of Him who sent him teaches the truth, and there is no deception in him.

20"You are possessed by a demon," replied the crowd; "no one wants to kill you."

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Cross References

Matthew 12:14But the Pharisees after leaving the synagogue consulted together against Him, how they might destroy Him.

Matthew 23:2"The Scribes," He said, "and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses.

Mark 3:6But no sooner had the Pharisees left the synagogue than they held a consultation with the Herodians against Jesus, to devise some means of destroying Him.

John 5:16and on this account the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because He did these things on the Sabbath.

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 →

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