THEOSISJohn 7:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Jesus answered them and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
απεκριθη ουν αυτοις ο ιησους και ειπεν η εμη διδαχη ουκ εστιν εμη αλλα του πεμψαντος με
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Passages read together with this verse.
- John 14:24He that loveth me not keepeth not my words. And the word which you have heard is not mine; but the Father's who sent me.
- John 14:10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not of myself. But the Father who abideth in me, he doth the works.
- John 17:8Because the words which thou gavest me, I have given to them. And they have received them and have known in very deed that I came out from thee: and they have believed that thou didst send me.
- John 5:30I cannot of myself do any thing. As I hear, so I judge. And my judgment is just: because I seek not my own will. but the will of him that sent me.
- John 5:23That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father who hath sent him.
- John 5:24Amen, amen, I say unto you that he who heareth my word and believeth him that sent me hath life everlasting: and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to life.
- John 3:11Amen, amen, I say to thee that we speak what we know and we testify what we have seen: and you receive not our testimony.
- John 6:38Because I came down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him that sent me.
The original text
Greek text, 17 words with lemma, transliteration and Strong’s number. Tap to expand.
- ἈπεκρίθηapekrithēI answerG611 · ἀποκρίνω
- οὖνounthereforeG3767 · οὖν
- αὐτοῖςautoisheG846 · αὐτός
- ὁhotheG3588 · ὁ
- ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusG2424 · Ἰησοῦς
- καὶkaiandG2532 · καί
- εἶπενeipento sayG2036 · ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον
- ἩhētheG3588 · ὁ
- ἘμὴemēmineG1699 · ἐμός
- διδαχὴdidachēteachingG1322 · διδαχή
- οὐκouknoG3756 · οὐ
- ἔστινestinI amG1510 · εἰμί
- ἐμὴemēmineG1699 · ἐμός
- ἀλλὰallabutG235 · ἀλλά
- τοῦtoutheG3588 · ὁ
- πέμψαντόςpempsantosI sendG3992 · πέμπω
- μεmeIG1473 · ἐγώ