Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 7:16
My doctrine is not mine — Acquired by any labour of learning; but his that sent me — Immediately infused by him.
My doctrine is not mine — Acquired by any labour of learning; but his that sent me — Immediately infused by him.
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...
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 Scriptur...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. My Time is not Yet Come. (John 7:1 .)_ 2. Departure from Galilee; Sought by the Jews. (John 7:10 .) 3. In the Temple Teaching. (John 7:14 .) 4. Opposition to Him. ...
THE SECRET VISIT. Soon, however, He receives the Divine intimation, for which He always waits (_cf. John 2:4_, John 11:6 f.) and goes up secretly. The Jews are discussing Him, and various opinions are...
MY DOCTRINE IS NOT MINE. These words are an answer to the question of the Jews. The Rabbis were wont to proclaim of whom they "received" their teaching. Jesus declares that his is not human learning,...
The Jews were amazed. "How," they said, "can this fellow read when he is quite uneducated?" "My teaching, said Jesus, "is not mine, but it belongs to him who sent me. If anyone is willing to do his wi...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
ANSWERED... AND SAID. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41 and App-122. The 1611 edition of the A. Y. omitted "and said". MY DOCTRINE, &c. The first of seven declarations that the Lord spoke only the Father's...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
The Discourse at the Feast of Tabernacles Of this section John 7:10 form a sort of introduction. "An equal degree of authenticity belongs to the verses which follow, 10 15. The whispered enquiries an...
_My doctrine is not mine_ -The teaching which I give does not originate with Me; that is the reason why I have no need to learn in the schools. He Who sent Me communicates it to Me....
The remark made on the Jews" question in John 7:15 applies also to their questions and comments throughout this dialogue. They are too exactly in keeping with what we know of the Jews in our Lord's da...
ΟΥ̓Κ ἜΣΤΙΝ ἘΜΉ. Jewish teachers commonly quoted their authorities. These Jews thought that Jesus was self-taught, and marvelled at His literary proficiency. Jesus here gives the authority for His teac...
14–39. We have (1) a discourse in the midst of the Feast in which three groups take part; ‘the Jews’ (14–24); some of the people of Jerusalem (25–31); the envoys of the Sanhedrin (32–36): (2) a discou...
THE DISCOURSES AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Of this section John 7:10-13 are introductory....
Ver 14. Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15. And the Jews marveled, saying, How knows this man letters, having never learned? 16. Jesus answered them, and sa...
_JESUS ATTENDED THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES -- JOHN 7:1-24:_ Jesus kept away from the Jews who were seeking to kill Him by remaining in Galilee. The time came for the Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus quietly...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΠΈΜΨΑΝΤΟΣ _aor. act. part. (subst.)_ от ΠΈΜΠΩ (G271) посылать....
JESUS ANSWERED, &C.— "The doctrine which I teach you, is not the product of human wisdom; I have neither been taught it by masters, nor have I acquired it by study; but it is the doctrine of God." He...
THE OLD SABBATH CONTROVERSY RENEWED _Text 7:14-53_ 14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth thi...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 7:14-31 Below is an outline Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— In the last chapter we discussed the first thirteen verses of John 7, from which...
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. JESUS ('JESUS THEREFORE', ACCORDING TO THE TRUE TEXT) ANSWERED THEM, AND SAID, MY DOCTRINE IS NOT MINE - that is, in th...
16 Here we have the test of a true teacher. The greatest of all Teachers could easily have formulated a philosophy of His own before which all the wisdom of the ages would sink into insignificance. He...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES John 7:1 to John 10:21. Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, October, 28 a.d. After the discourse of John 6, delivered just before Passover 28 a.d., Jesus did not go up to Jeru...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 7 JESUS AND HIS BROTHERS 7:1-9 V1 After this, Jesus stayed in *Galilee. He travelled from village to village. He decide...
MY DOCTRINE IS NOT MINE, BUT HIS THAT SENT ME. — The answer carries them once more to the words uttered by Him. (Comp. John 5:19; John 5:30.) Then he had again and again referred to the Father who sen...
CHAPTER 16 JESUS DISCUSSED IN JERUSALEM. “And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for He would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of...
But though not received from them, it was a derived teaching. He is not self-taught. Ἡ ἐμὴ διδαχὴ … με. The teaching which I give has not its source in my knowledge but in Him that sent me. “Der Autod...
_He teaches, and discussions regarding Him are evoked_. John 7:37 -end. _His manifestation on the last day of the Feast, and the consequent action of the Sanhedrim_. John 7:14-36. _The teaching of Jes...
HOW TO KNOW THE TRUTH OF JESUS' WORD John 7:14-24 Jesus now went up to the feast, not because he was prompted by the worldly policy suggested by His brethren, but because He was led by His Father's...
So far, John has recorded incidents in the first year of our Lord's ministry. We now come to a comparatively brief section in which he records happenings happenings in the central and crowded two year...
(5) Jesus answered them, and said, (e) My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. (5) Therefore there are few to whom the gospel appeals, because the giving of serious attention to godliness is v...
_My doctrine is not mine; i.e. not mine only, but also the Father's; from whom I proceed, and with whom I am always. (Witham)_...
CHAPTER 2 JESUS AT THE FESTIVAL OF TABERNACLES John 7:11-16. _“Therefore the Jews continued to seek Him at the feast, and say, Where is He? And there was much murmuring concerning Him among the mult...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 14-24. 1. There is, apparently, an abrupt turn in the narrative at John 7:14, if we look only at the outward form of the story. But, when the following ve...
“ _Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me;_ 17 _if any one wills to do his will, he shall know of the teaching whether it comes from God or whether I speak of myse...
II. DURING THE FEAST: 7:14-36. The first agitation had subsided; every one was quietly attending to the celebration of the feast, when all at once Jesus appears in the temple and sets Himself to the...
THIRD SECTION: 7:1-8:59. THE STRIFE AT ITS HIGHEST STAGE OF INTENSITY AT JERUSALEM. Seven months had elapsed without any appearance of Jesus at Jerusalem. The exasperation of the rulers, whose murdero...
But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. (11) Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? (12) And there was muc...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
16._My doctrine is not mine. _Christ shows that this circumstance, which was an offense to the Jews, was rather a ladder by which they ought to have risen higher to perceive the glory of God; as if he...
In chapter 7 His brethren after the flesh, still sunk in unbelief, would have Him shew Himself to the world, if He did these great things; but the time for this was not yet come. At the fulfilment of...
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 fro...
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. Ver. 16. _My doctrine is not mine_] As if he had said, this should not be _scandalum, sed scala; _ not a stumblingblock,...
_Now about the midst of the feast_ Which lasted eight days; _Jesus went up into the temple and taught_ Probably on the sabbath day. His business was to preach the gospel of the kingdom, and he readily...
NOT MINE; I come from God, and I teach what he has committed to me to be taught....
The appearance of Jesus at the festival:...
JESUS ANSWERED THEM AND SAID, MY DOCTRINE IS NOT MINE, BUT HIS THAT SENT ME....
HIS BROTHERS UNBELIEVING (vs.1-9) The Lord continued for a time in Galilee. He would not then return to Judea because of the Jews' murderous intentions. This was certainly not fear, but sober, lowly...
14-24 Every faithful minister may humbly adopt Christ's words. His doctrine is not his own finding out, but is from God's word, through the teaching of his Spirit. And amidst the disputes which distu...
MY DOCTRINE IS NOT MINE, considering me as the Son of man; not taught, or to be taught, me by men; not learned out of books, or by the precepts of men; not invented by me; but it is mine as it is the...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "And my doctrine is not Mine," saith the Lord, "but the Father's which sent me." And of those who steal He says: "But he that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own...
John 7:16 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5662) them G846 and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) My G1699 doctrine...
‘Jesus therefore answered them and said, “My teaching is not mine, but His that sent me. If any man really wants to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or whether I speak...
JESUS TEACHES OPENLY IN THE TEMPLE AND PLEADS FOR RIGHT JUDGMENT (JOHN 7:14). But whilst Jesus was taking every precaution He knew that He could not allow His own safety to hinder the proclamation of...
John 7:16. JESUS THEREFORE ANSWERED THEM, AND SAID. MY TEACHING IS NOT MINE, BUT HIS THAT SENT ME. It was the practice of Jewish Rabbis to proclaim from whom they ‘received' their teaching, and to quo...
In this section Jesus appears at the feast to which He went up when His Father's, and therefore His own, hour was come. The opportunity afforded by it of teaching is embraced, and we are presented wit...
MINE (εμη). Possessive pronoun, "not mine in origin." Jesus denies that he is self-taught, though not a schoolman.BUT HIS THAT SENT ME (αλλα του πεμψαντος με). Genitive case of the articular parti...
John 7:14. _Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught._ He was no coward, so he boldly showed himself in the midst of the throng in the temple. John 7:15. _And the J...
CONTENTS: Jesus urged to go to the feast. His final departure from Galilee. Jesus at the feast of tabernacles. Prophecy concerning the Holy Spirit. CHARACTERS: God. Jesus, Holy Spirit, disciples, bro...
John 7:1. _He would not walk in Jewry,_ or Judea, _because the jews sought to kill him._ Herod had recently beheaded John, pleading the magnitude of his auditories; now, the jews magnified the same pl...
WHAT I TEACH IS NOT MY TEACHING. This answers the question of John 7:15. His knowledge was from the Father who sent him....
_After these things Jesus walked in Galilee._ THE SITUATION SURVEYED I. THE SCENE IN GALILEE: the attitude of Christ’s brethren. 1. The counsel they offered. That Christ should repair to the centre...
_Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the Temple and taught_ CHRIST AS A TEACHER Whatever theory men hold respecting Christ’s person and work, all regard Him as an unparalleled teache...
CHAPTER 7 _But after this Jesus walked in Galilee_, &c. Not immediately, but about six months after. The incidents of the former chapter took place in March, the feast of tabernacles was in September....
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 7:14. NOW ABOUT THE MIDST, ETC.—The middle of the feast, or “the lesser feast.” It was the fourth day of the feast most likely. TAUGHT.—For the first time (of whi...
EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10. contain the record of the conflict between faith and unbelief in the metropolis. At first the narrative indicates a vast amount of critical inquiry, of unsettled opinion, of angry...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the seventh chapter of the gospel according to John. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him...
John 12:49; John 12:50; John 14:10; John 14:24; John 17:14;...
Doctrine [δ ι δ α χ η]. Better, teaching, as Rev. Doctrine has acquired a conventional sense which might mislead....