John 7:16
Jesus answered them and said, 'My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;
Young's Literal Translation
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 were wondering, saying, 'How hath this one known letters — not having learned?'
Cross References
John 3:31he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all.
John 5:30'I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.
John 6:44no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;
John 12:49because I spake not from myself, but the Father who sent me, He did give me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,
John 14:24he who is not loving me, my words doth not keep; and the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
John 17:14I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, 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 →