15The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?"


In Context

12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, "He is a good man."

13 Others replied, "No, he deceives the people." But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the Jews.

14 Not until halfway through the Feast did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.

15 The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?"

16 Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me.

17 If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

John 7:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:15And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:15And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never learned?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:15The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knows this man letters, having never learned?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:15The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15And the Jews marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15The Jews therefore marveled, saying, |How does this man know letters, having never been educated?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15and the Jews were wondering, saying, 'How hath this one known letters — not having learned?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:15And the Jews marveled, saying, How knows this man letters, having never learned?