John 7:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters,a having never learned? ”

• John 7:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Knoweth this man letters - The Jewish letters or science consisted in the knowledge of their Scriptures and traditions. Jesus exhibited in his discourses such a profound acquaintance with the Old...

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• John 7:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Secret Visit. Soon, however, He receives the Divine intimation, for which He always waits ( cf. John 2:4 , John 11:6 f.) and goes up secretly. The Jews are discussing Him, and various opini...

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• John 7:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  marvelled . were wondering. knoweth . Greek. oida. App-132. See note on 1. letters . Greek. Plural of gramma. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is written; e.g...

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• John 7:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  15. And the Jews wondered Those who think that Christ was received in such a manner as to be esteemed and honored are mistaken; for the wonder or astonishment of the Jews is of such a...

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• John 7:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? - The Jewish learning consisted in the knowledge of their own s...

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• John 7:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Now about the midst of the feast, &c.— About the middle of the feast (which lasted eight days) Jesus came into the temple, and preached many important doctrines with such strength of reason, cl...

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• John 7:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? And the Jews marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters (or learning), having never learned? - that is,...

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• John 7:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Feast of Tabernacles John 7:1 to John 10:21 . Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, October, 28 a.d. After the discourse of John 6 , delivered just before Passover 28 a.d., Jesus did not go...

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• John 7:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  How knoweth this man letters? — Their spirit is seen in that at which they marvel. It is not the substance of His teaching that excites their attention, but the fact that He who has never been tech...

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• John 7:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 16 JESUS DISCUSSED IN JERUSALEM. “And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for He would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the feast of the Jews, the feast...

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• John 7:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  How to Know the Truth of Jesus' Word John 7:14-24 Jesus now went up to the feast, not because he was prompted by the worldly policy suggested by His brethren, but because He was led by His Fath...

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• John 7:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  So far, John has recorded incidents in the first year of our Lord's ministry. We now come to a comparatively brief section in which he records happenings happenings in the central and crowded two yea...

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• John 7:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. (11) Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? (12) And there was mu...

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• John 7:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the Jews marvelled ,.... Both at the matter, and manner of his doctrine; it was such, as never man spake; his words were so gracious, and there were such truth and evidence in them, and they wer...

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• John 7:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? Ver. 15. And the Jews marvelled ] As well they might; but this marvel of theirs came to nothing. Look how a swi...

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• John 7:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Now about the midst of the feast Which lasted eight days; Jesus went up into the temple and taught Probably on the sabbath day. His business was to preach the gospel of the kingdom, and he readil...

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• John 7:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  HIS BROTHERS UNBELIEVING (vs.1-9) The Lord continued for a time in Galilee. He would not then return to Judea because of the Jews' murderous intentions. This was certainly not fear, but sober, lo...

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• John 7:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles.       14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.   15 And the Jew...

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• John 7:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Having never sat as a constant disciple at the feet of any of the Jewish doctors, nor been educated in their schools of the prophets, they wonder how he should come by such knowledge of the law of Go...

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• John 7:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus Teaches Openly In The Temple And Pleads For Right Judgment ( John 7:14-24 ). But whilst Jesus was taking every precaution He knew that He could not allow His own safety to hinder the proclam...

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• John 7:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 7:14 . Now about the midst, etc. —The middle of the feast, or “the lesser feast.” It was the fourth day of the feast most likely. Taught. —For the first time...

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• John 7:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 7:14 . Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. He was no coward, so he boldly showed himself in the midst of the throng in the temple. John 7:15 . And...

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• John 7:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 7:1 . He would not walk in Jewry, or Judea, because the jews sought to kill him. Herod had recently beheaded John, pleading the magnitude of his auditories; now, the jews magnified the same...

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• John 7:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

  After these things Jesus walked in Galilee. The situation surveyed I. THE SCENE IN GALILEE: the attitude of Christ’s brethren. 1. The counsel they offered. That Christ should repair to the c...

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• John 7:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10. contain the record of the conflict between faith and unbelief in the metropolis. At first the narrative indicates a vast amount of critical inquiry, of unsettled opinion, of...

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• John 7:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The appearance of Jesus at the festival:

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• John 7:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 2:7 ; Acts 4:11 ; Acts 4:12 ; Amos 7:14 ; Amos 7:15 ; John 7:46 ; Luke 2:47 ; Luke 4:22 ; Mark 6:2 ; Mark 6:3 ; Matthew 13:54 ; Matthew 22:22 ; Matthew 22:33 ; Matthew 7:28 ; Matt...

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• John 7:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  How does this man know letters, having never learned? — How comes he to be so well acquainted with sacred literature as to be able thus to expound the Scripture, with such propriety and gracefulnes...

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