John 7:16
Jesus answered them and said, The doctrine that I teach is not mine, but his that sent me.
1770 John Worsley NT
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 marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, who never learnt?
Cross References
John 3:31He, that cometh from above, is above all: he that is of the earth, is earthly, and talketh like one of the earth:
John 5:30I can do nothing of my self: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father that hath sent me.
John 6:44No one can come to me, unless the Father, who hath sent me, draw him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 12:49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father, who sent me, gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
John 14:24He that doth not love me, doth not observe my words: and yet the word that ye hear, is not mine, but the Father's who hath 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 →