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John 7:15
John 7:15 is verse 15 of John chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
King James Version
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
World English Bible
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
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John 7:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
14 About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
16 “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
17 If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
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Cross-references
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John 7:46“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
Matthew 7:28When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,
Matthew 7:29because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
Matthew 22:22And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
Matthew 22:33When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
Luke 2:47And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.
Matthew 13:54Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
Mark 6:2When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?
Mark 6:3Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him.
Luke 4:22All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.
Acts 2:7Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?
Acts 2:8How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
Acts 2:9Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
Acts 2:10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,
Acts 2:11both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
Acts 2:12Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
Acts 2:13But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”
Acts 4:11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
Amos 7:14“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
Amos 7:15But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’