John 7:16
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
KJV
ἀπεκρίθη οὖν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν· ἡ ἐμὴ διδαχὴ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὴ ἀλλὰ τοῦ πέμψαντός με·
Greek NT
Respondit eis Jesus, et dixit : Mea doctrina non est mea, sed ejus qui misit me.
Vulgate
Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
ASV
Jesus answered them and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διδαχή
didache
noun · 30×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πέμπω
pempo
verb · 79×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐμός
emos
possessive_pronoun · 69×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: ὁ | NIV/RP: ὁ
- ὁ — SBLGNT
- ὁ — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§427In catechesis "Christ, the Incarnate Word and Son of God,. . . is taught - everything else is taught with reference to him - and it is Christ alone who teaches - anyone else teaches to the extent that he is Christ's spokesman, enabling Christ to teach with his lips. . . Every catechist should be able to apply to himself the mysterious words of Jesus: 'My teaching is not mine, b…
Cross-references
- 2John 1:9 — Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
- Isa 59:21 — As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed,
- John 3:11 — Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
- John 3:11 — Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
- John 3:34 — For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
- John 5:23 — That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
- John 5:30 — I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
- John 6:38 — For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
- John 6:44 — No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 8:26 — I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
- John 8:28 — Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
- John 12:49 — 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.
- John 14:10 — Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
- John 14:10 — Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
- John 14:24 — He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
- John 14:24 — He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
- John 16:13 — Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to co
- John 17:7 — Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
- John 17:8 — For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
- John 17:14 — I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
- Prov 4:2 — For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.