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New Century Version

John 7:16

Jesus answered, "The things I teach are not my own, but they come from him who sent me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Doctrines;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Temple;   Scofield Reference Index - Faith;   Thompson Chain Reference - Knowledge;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Spiritual;   Teacher, Divine;   Teaching;   The Topic Concordance - Doctrine;   Jesus Christ;   Knowledge;   Sending and Those Sent;   Suffering;   Truth;   Will of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Doctrines of the Gospel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Inspiration;   Jesus christ;   John, gospel of;   Son of god;   Teacher;   Trinity;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ;   Knowledge of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Feasts;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Scribes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ascension (2);   Character of Christ;   Consciousness;   Dependence;   Dereliction;   Dispersion ;   Divinity of Christ;   Error;   Incarnation (2);   Insight;   Inspiration;   Learning;   Love (2);   Mercy;   Son of God;   Teaching of Jesus;   Trinity (2);   Worldliness (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tabernacles feast of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Doctrine;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   John, Gospel of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t mine but is from the one who sent me.
King James Version (1611)
Iesus answered them, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
English Standard Version
So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
New American Standard Bible
So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.
Amplified Bible
Jesus answered them by saying, "My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not Mine, but from Him who sent Me.
Berean Standard Bible
"My teaching is not My own," Jesus replied. "It comes from Him who sent Me.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied: I am not teaching something that I thought up. What I teach comes from the one who sent me.
Complete Jewish Bible
So Yeshua gave them an answer: "My teaching is not my own, it comes from the One who sent me.
Darby Translation
Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but [that] of him that has sent me.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "What I teach is not my own. My teaching comes from the one who sent me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus answered them, and saide, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus answered and said, My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "What I teach is not my own teaching, but it comes from God, who sent me.
Lexham English Bible
So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not mine, but is from the one who sent me.
Literal Translation
Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not Mine, but of the One who sent Me.
American Standard Version
Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
Bible in Basic English
Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
International Standard Version
Jesus replied to them, "My teaching is not mine but comes from the one who sent me.John 3:11; 8:28; 12:49;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Jeshu answered and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me.
Murdock Translation
Jesus answered and said: My doctrine is not from me, but from him that sent me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered them, & sayde: My doctrine is not myne, but his yt sent me.
English Revised Version
Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
World English Bible
Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Weymouth's New Testament
Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus answerde to hem, and seide, My doctryne is not myn, but his that sente me.
Update Bible Version
Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
New English Translation
So Jesus replied, "My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.
New King James Version
Jesus [fn] answered them and said, "My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me.
New Living Translation
So Jesus told them, "My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me.
New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "What I teach is not Mine. It is from God Who sent Me.
New Revised Standard
Then Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine but his who sent me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus, therefore, answered them, and said - My teaching, is not mine, but his who sent me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus answered them and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Revised Standard Version
So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered them and sayde: My doctrine is not myne: but his that sent me.
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered them and said, `My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus answered them, and sayde: My doctryne is not myne, but his that hath sent me.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answered them, the doctrine I deliver is not my own, but his that sent me.
THE MESSAGE
Jesus said, "I didn't make this up. What I teach comes from the One who sent me. Anyone who wants to do his will can test this teaching and know whether it's from God or whether I'm making it up. A person making things up tries to make himself look good. But someone trying to honor the one who sent him sticks to the facts and doesn't tamper with reality. It was Moses, wasn't it, who gave you God's Law? But none of you are living it. So why are you trying to kill me?"
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus knew their questions and said, "My teaching does not come from me. It comes from God who sent me.

Contextual Overview

14 When the feast was about half over, Jesus went to the Temple and began to teach. 15 The people were amazed and said, "This man has never studied in school. How did he learn so much?" 16 Jesus answered, "The things I teach are not my own, but they come from him who sent me. 17 If people choose to do what God wants, they will know that my teaching comes from God and not from me. 18 Those who teach their own ideas are trying to get honor for themselves. But those who try to bring honor to the one who sent them speak the truth, and there is nothing false in them. 19 Moses gave you the law, but none of you obeys that law. Why are you trying to kill me?" 20 The people answered, "A demon has come into you. We are not trying to kill you." 21 Jesus said to them, "I did one miracle, and you are all amazed. 22 Moses gave you the law about circumcision. (But really Moses did not give you circumcision; it came from our ancestors.) And yet you circumcise a baby boy on a Sabbath day. 23 If a baby boy can be circumcised on a Sabbath day to obey the law of Moses, why are you angry at me for healing a person's whole body on the Sabbath day?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

My: John 3:11, John 3:31, John 8:28, John 12:49, John 12:50, John 14:10, John 14:24, John 17:8, John 17:14, Revelation 1:1

but: John 5:23, John 5:24, John 5:30, John 6:38-40, John 6:44

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:12 - who is their Proverbs 4:2 - good Isaiah 29:12 - I am not Isaiah 59:21 - my words Matthew 13:54 - they were Mark 4:2 - in his John 3:34 - he John 8:26 - and I John 16:13 - for John 17:7 - they 1 Timothy 4:6 - good doctrine 2 John 1:9 - the doctrine

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are the best person among the people of this time, so you and your family can go into the boat.
Genesis 7:2
Take with you seven pairs, each male with its female, of every kind of clean animal, and take one pair, each male with its female, of every kind of unclean animal.
Genesis 7:3
Take seven pairs of all the birds of the sky, each male with its female. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the flood.
Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe off from the earth every living thing that I have made."
Genesis 7:5
Noah did everything the Lord commanded him.
Genesis 7:10
Seven days later the flood started.
Deuteronomy 33:27
The everlasting God is your place of safety, and his arms will hold you up forever. He will force your enemy out ahead of you, saying, ‘Destroy the enemy!'
Psalms 46:2
So we will not be afraid even if the earth shakes, or the mountains fall into the sea,
Proverbs 3:23
Then you will go your way in safety, and you will not get hurt.
Matthew 25:10
"So while the five foolish bridesmaids went to buy oil, the bridegroom came. The bridesmaids who were ready went in with the bridegroom to the wedding feast. Then the door was closed and locked.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered them and said,.... Having heard them express their surprise, and state their objection:

my doctrine is not mine: it was his, as he was God; as such, he was the author of it, it was from him, by the revelation of him; and it was of him, or he was the subject of it, as Mediator; it respected his person as God-man, his offices, as prophet, priest, and King, and his grace, righteousness; and salvation; and it was his, as preached by him as man; it came by him, and first began to be spoken by him; and was so spoken by him, as it never was before, or since: but it was not human; it was not acquired by him, as man; he did not learn it of man; he needed no human teachings; he increased in wisdom without them, from his infancy: they said right, in saying he had never learned; the spirit of wisdom and knowledge rested on high, and the treasures of them were hid in him; nor was it a device or invention of his, as man; it was not from himself as such, but it was from heaven, from his Father: wherefore he adds,

but his that sent me; thereby intimating, that it was of God, and was communicated to him by his Father; from whom he received it, and from whom he had a commission to preach it; so that his doctrine was that wisdom which comes from above, and is pure and peaceable, divine and heavenly, and ought to be received by men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My doctrine - My teaching, or what I teach. This is the proper meaning of the word “doctrine.” It is what is taught us, and, as applied to religion, it is what is taught us by God in the Holy Scriptures.

Is not wine - It is not originated by me. Though I have not learned in your schools, yet you are not to infer that the doctrine which I teach is devised or invented by me. I teach nothing that is contrary to the will of God, and which he has not appointed me to teach.

His that sent me - God’s. It is such as he approves, and such as he has commissioned me to teach. The doctrine is divine in its origin and in its nature.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 7:16. My doctrine is not mine — Our blessed Lord, in the character of Messiah, might as well say, My doctrine is not mine, as an ambassador might say, I speak not my own words, but his who sent me: and he speaks these words to draw the attention of the Jews from the teaching of man to the teaching of God; and to show them that he was the promised Messiah, the very person on whom, according to the prophet, (Isaiah 11:2,) the Spirit of Jehovah-the Spirit of wisdom, counsel, understanding, might, and knowledge, should rest.


 
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