John 7:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐθαύμαζον οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, λέγοντες, Πῶς οὗτος γράμματα οἶδεν, μὴ μεμαθηκώς;

Transliteration

And ethaumazon the Ioudaioi, legontes, How this grammata oiden, not memathēkōs?

Grammar Details

• *ethaumazon*: imperfect, 3rd plural - were marveling
• *Ioudaioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - Jews/Judeans
• *legontes*: present participle, nominative, masculine, plural - saying
• *grammata*: accusative, neuter, plural - letters/writings/learning
• *oiden*: perfect with present meaning, 3rd singular - knows
• *memathēkōs*: perfect participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having learned

Word Meanings

• *ethaumazon*: were marveling/wondering/amazed
• *Ioudaioi*: Jews/Judeans/Jewish authorities
• *grammata*: letters/writings/learning/education
• *oiden*: knows/understands
• *memathēkōs*: having learned/studied/been trained

Referenced Verses

• Matt 13:54 : 54 and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, `Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?
• Luke 2:47 : 47 and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
• Luke 4:22 : 22 and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, `Is not this the son of Joseph?'
• John 7:46 : 46 The officers answered, `Never so spake man -- as this man.'
• Acts 2:7-9 : 7 and they were all amazed, and did wonder, saying one unto another, `Lo, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea also, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia also, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya, that `are' along Cyrene, and the strangers of Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we did hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God.' 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one unto another, `What would this wish to be?' 13 and others mocking said, -- `They are full of sweet wine;'
• Acts 4:11-12 : 11 `This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner; 12 and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'
• Acts 26:24 : 24 And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, `Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;'
• John 1:19 : 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, `Who art thou?'
• Amos 7:14-15 : 14 And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, `I `am' no prophet, nor a prophet's son `am' I, but a herdsman I `am', and a cultivator of sycamores, 15 and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.
• Matt 7:28-29 : 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, 29 for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
• Matt 22:22 : 22 and having heard they wondered, and having left him they went away.
• Matt 22:33 : 33 And having heard, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching;
• Mark 6:2-3 : 2 and sabbath having come, he began in the synagogue to teach, and many hearing were astonished, saying, `Whence hath this one these things? and what the wisdom that was given to him, that also such mighty works through his hands are done? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' -- and they were being stumbled at him.