John 7:15
and the Jews were wondering, saying, 'How hath this one known letters — not having learned?'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
In Context
14And it being now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the temple, and he was teaching,
16Jesus answered them and said, 'My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;
Cross References
Amos 7:14And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, 'I [am] no prophet, nor a prophet's son [am] I, but a herdsman I [am], and a cultivator of sycamores,
Matthew 13:54and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, 'Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?
Matthew 22:33And having heard, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching;
Luke 2:47and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
John 1:19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, 'Who art thou?'
Acts 2:7and they were all amazed, and did wonder, saying one unto another, 'Lo, are not all these who are speaking 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 →