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John 7:15
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Then the Jews were amazed and said, “How is this man so learned, since he hasn’t been trained?”
And the Iewes marueiled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, hauing neuer learned?
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?"
The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this Man become learned, not having been educated?"
The people were amazed and said, "This man has never studied in school. How did he learn so much?"
Then the Jews were perplexed. They said, "How did this man become learned [so versed in the Scriptures and theology] without formal training?"
The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this man become learned, having never been educated?"
The Jews then were marveling, saying, "How has this man become learned, not having been educated?"
The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man attain such learning without having studied?"
The leaders were surprised and said, "How does this man know so much? He has never been taught!"
The Judeans were surprised: "How does this man know so much without having studied?" they asked.
The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knows this [man] letters, having never learned?
The Jewish leaders were amazed and said, "How did this man learn so much? He never had the kind of teaching we had!"
And the Iewes marueiled, saving, Howe knoweth this man the Scriptures, seeing that hee neuer learned!
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How does this man know reading, when he has not been instructed?
The Jewish authorities were greatly surprised and said, "How does this man know so much when he has never been to school?"
Then the Jews were astonished, saying, "How does this man possess knowledge, because he has not been taught?"
And the Jews marveled, saying, How does this One know letters, not being taught?
The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Then the Jews were surprised and said, How has this man got knowledge of books? He has never been to school.
The Yehudim therefore marveled, saying, "How does this man know letters, having never been educated?"
The Jews[fn] were astonished and remarked, "How can this man be so educated when he has never gone to school?"Matthew 13:54; Mark 6:2; Luke 4:22; Acts 2:7;">[xr]
And the Jihudoyee wondered and said, How knoweth this man the scripture, when he hath not learned ?
And the Jews wondered, and said: How knoweth this man literature, having not been educated?
And the Iewes marueyled, saying: howe knoweth he the scriptures, seyng that he neuer learned?
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How doth this man know letters, having never learned?
The Jews were astonished. "How does this man know anything of books," they said, "although he has never been at any of the schools?"
And the Jewis wondriden, and seiden, Hou can this man lettris, sithen he hath not lerned?
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How does this man know letters, having never learned?
And the Jews marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said, "How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?"
And the Jews marveled, saying, "How does this Man know letters, having never studied?"
The people were surprised when they heard him. "How does he know so much when he hasn't been trained?" they asked.
The Jews were surprised and wondered, saying, "How can this Man know so much when He has never been to school?"
The Jews were astonished at it, saying, "How does this man have such learning, when he has never been taught?"
The Jews, therefore, began to marvel, saying - How, doth this one know, letters, not having learned?
And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never learned?
The Jews marveled at it, saying, "How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?"
And the Iewes marveylled sayinge: How knoweth he ye scriptures seynge yt he never learned?
and the Jews were wondering, saying, `How hath this one known letters -- not having learned?'
And the Iewes marueyled and sayde: How can he ye scrypture, seynge he hath not lerned it?
at which the Jews were surprized, saying, how came be acquainted with the scriptures, a man of no education?
The people listening marveled at his knowledge and wondered where he came by such wisdom without having attended seminary.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
marvelled: John 7:46, Matthew 7:28, Matthew 7:29, Matthew 22:22, Matthew 22:33, Luke 2:47
How: Matthew 13:54, Mark 6:2, Mark 6:3, Luke 4:22, Acts 2:7-13, Acts 4:11, Acts 4:12
letters: or, learning, Amos 7:14, Amos 7:15
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:11 - Is Saul Psalms 22:6 - a reproach Isaiah 29:12 - I am not Isaiah 50:4 - as the John 7:27 - we know Acts 4:13 - were 1 Corinthians 14:16 - unlearned
Cross-References
The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.
Gill's Notes on the 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 were delivered with such power and authority, that they were astonished at them:
saying, how knoweth this man letters? or "the Scriptures", as the Arabic and Persic versions render it; which are called "holy letters", 2 Timothy 3:15; according to which, the sense is, that they were surprised at his knowledge of the Scriptures, that he should be conversant with them, and be able to interpret them, and give the sense and meaning of them, in so full and clear a manner, as he did: or else the sense is, how came this man to be such a learned man? whence has he this wisdom, and all this learning which he shows? as in Matthew 13:54. So a learned man is in Isaiah 29:11, said to be one that ××××¢ ×ספר, εÏιÏÏÎ±Î¼ÎµÎ½Î¿Ï Î³ÏαμμαÏα, "knows letters", as the Septuagint there translate the Hebrew text; but how Christ should know them, or be a learned man,
having never learned, was surprising to them: that is, he had not had a liberal education, but was brought up to a trade; he was not trained up at the feet of any of their Rabbins, in any of their universities, or schools of learning; and in which they were certainly right. Modern Jews pretend to say he had a master, whom they sometimes call Elchanan o, but most commonly they make him to be R. Joshua ben Perachiah p: with whom they say, he fled into Alexandria in Egypt, for fear of Jannai the king: and one of their writers q, on this account, charges the evangelist with a falsehood: but who are we to believe, the Jews who lived at the same time with Jesus, and knew his education and manner of life, or those that have lived ages since?
o Toldos Jesu, p. 5. p Juchasin, fol. 159. 1. Ganz Tzemach David, par. 1, fol. 21. 1. & 24. q R. Isaac Chizzuk Emuna, par. 2. c. 46. p. 435.
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 Testament as to excite their amazement and admiration.
Having never learned - The Jews taught their law and tradition in celebrated schools. As Jesus had not been instructed in those schools, they were amazed at his learning. What early human teaching the Saviour had we have no means of ascertaining, further than that it was customary for the Jews to teach their children to read the Scriptures. 2 Timothy 3:15; âfrom a child thou (Timothy) hast known the holy scriptures.â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 7:15. How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? — The Jewish learning consisted in the knowledge of their own scriptures, and the traditions of their elders. In this learning our blessed Lord excelled. No person ever spoke with more grace and dignity, or knew better how to make a more proper use, or a happier application, of Jewish allegories and parables; because none ever penetrated the sense of the Scriptures as he did; none ever cited them more successfully, or ever showed their accomplishment in so complete and satisfactory a manner. As these branches of learning were taught at the Jewish schools, and our Lord had never attended there, they were astonished to find him excelling in that sort of learning, of which they themselves professed to be the sole teachers.
