John 7:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ εἶπεν, Ἡ ἐμὴ διδαχὴ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμή, ἀλλὰ τοῦ πέμψαντός με.

Transliteration

Apekrithē to them the Iēsous, and eipen, The emē didachē not estin emē, but of the pempsantos me.

Grammar Details

*Apekrithē*: aorist passive, 3rd singular - answered
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*eipen*: aorist, 3rd singular - said
*emē*: nominative, feminine, singular - my
*didachē*: nominative, feminine, singular - teaching/doctrine
*estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
*pempsantos*: aorist participle, genitive, masculine, singular - of the one having sent

Word Meanings

*Apekrithē*: answered/replied
*eipen*: said/spoke
*emē*: my/mine
*didachē*: teaching/doctrine/instruction
*pempsantos*: having sent/having commissioned/the sender

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 14:24 : 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 3:11 : 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 17:8 : 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 : 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.
John 5:23-24 : 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. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you , He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 5:30 : 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 6:38-40 : 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. 39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:44 : 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 8:28 : 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 12:49-50 : 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. 50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
John 14:10 : 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.
Rev 1:1 : 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
John 3:31 : 31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

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John 7:17-19
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John 7:28-29
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38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 12:49
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John 17:8
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