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


In Context

12 and there was much murmuring about him among the multitudes, some indeed said — 'He is good;' and others said, 'No, but he leadeth astray the multitude;'

13 no one, however, was speaking freely about him, through fear of the Jews.

14 And it being now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the temple, and he was teaching,

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

16 Jesus answered them and said, 'My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;

17 if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or — I do speak from myself.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:15The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?"

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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