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15 aAnd the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”  
16 1Jesus answered them and said, a“My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me.  
17 aIf anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.  
18 aHe who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who bseeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and cno unrighteousness is in Him.  
19 aDid not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? bWhy do you seek to kill Me?”  
20 The people answered and said, a“You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”  
21 Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel.
22 aMoses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, bbut from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.  
23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because aI made a man completely well on the Sabbath?  
24 aDo not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”  

Could This Be the Christ?

25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to akill?  
26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. aDo the rulers know indeed that this is1 truly the Christ?  
27 aHowever, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”  
28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, a“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and bI have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me cis true, dwhom you do not know.  
29 But aI know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”  
30 Therefore athey sought to take Him; but bno one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.  
31 And amany of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”  

Jesus and the Religious Leaders

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.
33 Then Jesus said1 to them, a“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I bgo to Him who sent Me.  
34 You awill seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you bcannot come.”  
35 Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to athe Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?  
36 What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

37 aOn the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, b“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.  
38 aHe who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, bout of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”  
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John 7:17

If any man willeth to do (ean tiv qelh poiein). Condition of third class with ean and present active subjunctive qelh not used as a mere auxiliary verb for the future "will do," but with full force of qelw, to will, to wish. See the same use of qelw in John 5:40 "and yet ye are not willing to come" (kai ou qelete elqein).

He shall know (gnwsetai). Future middle indicative of ginwskw. Experimental knowledge from willingness to do God's will. See this same point by Jesus in John 5:46; John 18:37. There must be moral harmony between man's purpose and God's will. "If there be no sympathy there can be no understanding" (Westcott). Atheists of all types have no point of contact for approach to the knowledge of Christ. This fact does not prove the non-existence of God, but simply their own isolation. They are out of tune with the Infinite. For those who love God it is also true that obedience to God's will brings richer knowledge of God. Agnostic and atheistic critics are disqualified by Jesus as witnesses to his claims.

Of God (ek tou qeou). Out of God as source.

From myself (ap emautou). Instead of from God.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 7:17:

John 7:1
John 7:28
John 8:32
John 10:9
John 10:32
1 Peter 3:17

 

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