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John 7:16 "My teaching is not My own," Jesus replied. "It comes from Him who sent Me.
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It comes from the one who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So Jesus told them, “My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not of Myself, but of the <i>One</i> having sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered them and said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Jesus therefore answered them, and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but from Him who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered them by saying, “My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t mine but is from the one who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t Mine but is from the One who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jesus replied: I am not teaching something I thought up. What I teach comes from the one who sent me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Jesus responded to them, "What I teach doesn't come from me but from the one who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jesus answered, "What I teach is not my own teaching, but it comes from God, who sent me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus replied to them, "My teaching is not mine but comes from the one who sent me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So Jesus replied, "My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not of Myself, but of the <i>One</i> having sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jesus answered them and said, 'My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his having sent me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Jesus responded to them and said: “My doctrine is not of me, but of him who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not my own but is from the one who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine but his who sent me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said, My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/7.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Yeshua answered and said: “My teaching is not Mine, but from him who sent Me.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/7.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Then Jesus answered and said: My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/7.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Then Jesus responded to them, and said, <FR>My teaching is not mine, but of Him that sent me;<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/7.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/7.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, the doctrine I deliver is not my own, but his that sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/7.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus, therefore, answered them, and said, <FR>"My teaching is not Mine, but His Who sent Me.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/7.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Jesus answered them and said, <FR>The doctrine that I teach is not mine, but his that sent me.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/7-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=2390" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/7.htm">Jesus Teaches at the Feast</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?” <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1699.htm" title="1699: Emē (PPro-NF1S) -- My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.">“My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: HĒ (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1322.htm" title="1322: didachē (N-NFS) -- Teaching, doctrine, what is taught. From didasko; instruction.">teaching</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">not</a> <a href="/greek/1699.htm" title="1699: emē (PPro-NF1S) -- My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.">My own,” </a> <a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/611.htm" title="611: Apekrithē (V-AIP-3S) -- From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.">replied.</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say."></a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: alla (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">“It comes</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">from Him who</a> <a href="/greek/3992.htm" title="3992: pempsantos (V-APA-GMS) -- To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth. ">sent</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: me (PPro-A1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Me.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">17</span>If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-28.htm">John 8:28</a></span><br />So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-49.htm">John 12:49-50</a></span><br />I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it. / And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-10.htm">John 14:10</a></span><br />Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-19.htm">John 5:19-20</a></span><br />So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does. / The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-30.htm">John 5:30</a></span><br />I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-34.htm">John 3:34</a></span><br />For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-8.htm">John 17:8</a></span><br />For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-24.htm">John 14:24</a></span><br />Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-38.htm">John 6:38</a></span><br />For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-26.htm">John 8:26</a></span><br />“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-27.htm">Matthew 11:27</a></span><br />All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-22.htm">Luke 10:22</a></span><br />All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-1.htm">Hebrews 1:1-2</a></span><br />On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. / But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-18.htm">Deuteronomy 18:18</a></span><br />I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-4.htm">Isaiah 50:4</a></span><br />The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.</p><p class="hdg">My.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/3-11.htm">John 3:11,31</a></b></br> Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/8-28.htm">John 8:28</a></b></br> Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am <i>he</i>, and <i>that</i> I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/12-49.htm">John 12:49,50</a></b></br> For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak… </p><p class="hdg">but.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/5-23.htm">John 5:23,24,30</a></b></br> That all <i>men</i> should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/6-38.htm">John 6:38-40,44</a></b></br> For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/19-42.htm">Belong</a> <a href="/luke/4-32.htm">Doctrine</a> <a href="/john/7-14.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/5-12.htm">Question</a> <a href="/john/7-14.htm">Teaching</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/8-44.htm">Belong</a> <a href="/john/7-17.htm">Doctrine</a> <a href="/john/7-21.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/8-6.htm">Question</a> <a href="/john/7-17.htm">Teaching</a><div class="vheading2">John 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/7-1.htm">Jesus reproves the ambition and boldness of his kinsmen;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/7-10.htm">goes up from Galilee to the feast of tabernacles;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/7-14.htm">teaches in the temple.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/7-40.htm">Various opinions of him among the people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/7-45.htm">The Pharisees are angry that their officers took him not, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/7-50.htm">and chide with Nicodemus for taking his side.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>My teaching is not My own,</b><br>In this phrase, Jesus emphasizes the divine origin of His teachings. This statement reflects the humility and submission of Jesus to the Father, highlighting the unity and distinct roles within the Trinity. It contrasts with the teachings of the religious leaders of the time, who often relied on human tradition and interpretation. This assertion also aligns with the prophetic role of Jesus as the ultimate prophet, as foretold in <a href="/deuteronomy/18-18.htm">Deuteronomy 18:18</a>, where God promises to raise up a prophet who will speak His words.<p><b>Jesus replied.</b><br>The context of this reply is crucial. Jesus is responding to the astonishment and questioning of the Jewish leaders and the crowd during the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. His response is a direct answer to their skepticism about His authority and the source of His wisdom. This setting in Jerusalem, a central place of Jewish worship and learning, underscores the significance of His declaration and the challenge it posed to the established religious order.<p><b>It comes from Him who sent Me.</b><br>Here, Jesus identifies God the Father as the source of His teachings, reinforcing His divine mission and authority. This statement is consistent with the theme throughout the Gospel of John, where Jesus frequently refers to being sent by the Father (e.g., <a href="/john/5-23.htm">John 5:23-24, 6</a>:38-39). It underscores the intimate relationship between the Father and the Son and the divine mandate of Jesus' ministry. This phrase also connects to the broader biblical narrative of God sending messengers and prophets to His people, with Jesus as the ultimate fulfillment of this pattern.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Jesus is addressing the crowd during the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. He emphasizes the divine origin of His teachings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_crowd.htm">The Crowd</a></b><br>The audience to whom Jesus is speaking. They are questioning His authority and the source of His teachings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where this event takes place, specifically during the Feast of Tabernacles, a significant Jewish festival.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_feast_of_tabernacles.htm">The Feast of Tabernacles</a></b><br>A Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' wilderness journey, during which Jesus is teaching in the temple courts.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god_the_father.htm">God the Father</a></b><br>Referred to as "Him who sent Me," indicating the divine source of Jesus' teachings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_authority_of_jesus'_teachings.htm">Divine Authority of Jesus' Teachings</a></b><br>Jesus' teachings are not merely human wisdom but are divinely inspired, coming directly from God the Father. This underscores the authority and reliability of His words.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_discernment.htm">The Importance of Discernment</a></b><br>Believers are called to discern the source of teachings they receive. True teachings align with the character and will of God as revealed in Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_teaching.htm">Humility in Teaching</a></b><br>Jesus models humility by attributing His teachings to the Father. As followers of Christ, we should also acknowledge God as the source of wisdom and truth in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_will.htm">Obedience to God’s Will</a></b><br>Jesus’ submission to the Father’s will serves as an example for believers to seek and follow God’s will in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_scripture_in_understanding_god's_will.htm">The Role of Scripture in Understanding God’s Will</a></b><br>Engaging with Scripture is essential for understanding and aligning with God’s will, as it is the primary means through which God communicates His truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_argument_dismissed_for_origin.htm">Is the argument dismissed due to its origin?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_'ask,_receive'.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'Ask and You Shall Receive'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/john_7_15_-_how_did_jesus_teach_expertly.htm">John 7:15 – How did Jesus teach with apparent expertise without formal rabbinic training? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_question_does_'jesus_is_the_answer'.htm">What question does 'Jesus is the answer' address?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.</span>--The answer carries them once more to the words uttered by Him. (Comp. <a href="/john/5-19.htm" title="Then answered Jesus and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do: for what things soever he does, these also does the Son likewise.">John 5:19</a>; <a href="/john/5-30.htm" title="I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father which has sent me.">John 5:30</a>.) Then he had again and again referred to the Father who sent Him (<a href="/john/7-24.htm" title="Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.">John 7:24</a>; <a href="/context/john/7-36.htm" title="What manner of saying is this that he said, You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come?">John 7:36-38</a>), and claimed as His own work the doing of the Father's will (<a href="/john/7-30.htm" title="Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.">John 7:30</a>). In the Capernaum synagogue, in the hearing of some of these Jews, He had declared that all who were taught of God, and heard and learned the lesson, would come to Him (<a href="/john/6-45.htm" title="It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that has heard, and has learned of the Father, comes to me.">John 6:45</a>). There is, then, no ground for their present wonder. The teaching which is His in relation to them, is not His of original source. He claims to be in His humanity as a messenger, carrying the message of Him that sent Him. He is the Word by whom the mind of God is spoken. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Jesus</span> <span class="cmt_word">therefore</span> <span class="cmt_word">answered them and said</span>, etc. He met this particular allegation as follows: <span class="cmt_word">My teaching is not mine.</span> The "my" refers to the teaching itself, the "mine" to the ultimate authority on which it rests. I am not a self-taught Man, as though out of the depths of my own independent human consciousness I span it. I do not mean you to suppose that my mere human experience is the sole source of my instructions (ch. 5:31). If you have sat at the feet of those who taught you, I, too, am a Representative of another; <span class="cmt_word">but</span> (the <span class="greek">ἀλλά</span> after <span class="greek">οὐκ</span> is not equivalent to <span class="accented">tam...quam.</span> It introduces here the absolute source of all his teaching) it is the teaching <span class="cmt_word">of him who sent me.</span> I have not learned in your schools, but am uttering the thoughts that come from an infinitely deeper source. "He who sent me" gave them to me. I have been in intimate communion with HIM. All that I say is Divine thought. I have drawn it all from the Lord of all. I came from him, and represent to you the will of God. This is a lofty prophetic claim, more urgent, more complete, than that made by Moses or Isaiah. Special messages, oracles, and burdens were delivered by the prophets with a "Thus saith the Lord." But Jesus says <span class="accented">his</span> thoughts are God's thoughts, his ways God's ways, <span class="accented">his</span> teachings not his own, but altogether those of him who sent him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/7-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">“My</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἐμὴ</span> <span class="translit">(Emē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Feminine 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1699.htm">Strong's 1699: </a> </span><span class="str2">My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">teaching</span><br /><span class="grk">διδαχὴ</span> <span class="translit">(didachē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1322.htm">Strong's 1322: </a> </span><span class="str2">Teaching, doctrine, what is taught. From didasko; instruction.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔστιν</span> <span class="translit">(estin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="grk">οὐκ</span> <span class="translit">(ouk)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> </span><span class="str2">No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My own,”</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐμὴ</span> <span class="translit">(emē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Feminine 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1699.htm">Strong's 1699: </a> </span><span class="str2">My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jesus</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰησοῦς</span> <span class="translit">(Iēsous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">replied.</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἀπεκρίθη</span> <span class="translit">(Apekrithē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_611.htm">Strong's 611: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“[It comes]</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀλλὰ</span> <span class="translit">(alla)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> </span><span class="str2">But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Him who</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(tou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sent</span><br /><span class="grk">πέμψαντός</span> <span class="translit">(pempsantos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3992.htm">Strong's 3992: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Me.</span><br /><span class="grk">με</span> <span class="translit">(me)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. 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