John 7:18

John 7:18

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.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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From himself (af eautou). This kind of teacher is self-taught, pushes his own ideas, presses his own claims for position and glory, "blows his own horn" as we say. Jesus is the other type of teacher, seeks the glory of the one who sent him, whose herald and ambassador he is.

The same (outov). "This one."

Unrighteousness (adikia). Old word from adikov (a privative and dikh). Here in contrast with "true" (alhqhv). See II Thessalonians 2:10; I Corinthians 13:6 for the deceit of unrighteousness in contrast with truth as here.

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