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John 7:16 Cross-References
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“Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.”
John 7:16 (KJV)
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Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. Jesus directly addresses the authorities' implied question about His teaching authority. 'My doctrine' (hē emē didachē) means His teaching content. The paradox 'not mine, but his that sent me' (ouk estin emē alla tou pempsantos me) grounds His authority in divine origin. Jesus doesn't teach His own ideas but the Father's revelation. 'His that sent me' identifies the Father as source and sender. This claim asserts ultimate authority—not rabbinic tradition, not personal opinion, but God's direct revelation. Throughout J...
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Cross-References for John 7:16
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“but the Father's who sent me.”
“and the Father in me? The words that I tell you”
“and they received them”
“I judge”
“because they are not of the world”
“but the Father who sent me”
“not to do my own will”
“even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.”
“we speak that which we know”
“When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.,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.,,,,,,,,”