John 7:19

John 7:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
• New International Version (NIV)Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?”

Context of John 7:19

17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own. 18He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood. Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?” 20“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?” 21Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.

John 7:19 word by word

οὐ Μωϋσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν νόμον; καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ ὑμῶν ποιεῖ τὸν νόμον· τί με ζητεῖτε ἀποκτεῖναι;Read the interlinear

• Has notοὐou · noG3756
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• youσύsu · youG4771
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• Yetκαίkai · andG2532
• not oneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• keepsποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• Whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• are you tryingζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• to killἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• Meἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for John 7:19

• John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
• John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
• John 9:28Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
• Exodus 24:2Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”
• Deuteronomy 33:4the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
• Deuteronomy 1:17Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
• Acts 7:38He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
• Galatians 3:19Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
• Hebrews 3:3For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
• Matthew 23:2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
• Romans 2:12All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
• Romans 3:10As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
• Galatians 6:13For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
• John 7:25Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
• John 5:16Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
• John 10:31At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.

Commentaries on John 7:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Did not Moses give you the law, etc. - The scribes and Pharisees announced our Lord to the multitude as a deceiver; and they grounded their calumny on this, that he was not an exact observer of the law, for he had healed a man on the Sabbath day, John 5:9, John 5:10; and consequently must be a false prophet. Now they insinuated, that the interests of religion required him to be put to death: As a violator of the law; and, as a false prophet and deceiver…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Did not Moses give you the law? - This they admitted, and on this they prided themselves. Every violation of that law they considered as deserving of death. They had accused Jesus of violating it because he had healed a man on the Sabbath, and for that they had sought his life, John 5:10-16. He here recalls that charge to their recollection, and shows them that, though they pretended great reverence for that law, yet they were really its violators in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-24Verses 14-24 Every faithful minister may humbly adopt Christ's words. His doctrine is not his own finding out, but is from God's word, through the teaching of his Spirit. And amidst the disputes which disturb the world, if any man, of any nation, seeks to do the will of God, he shall know whether the doctrine is of God, or whether men speak of themselves. Only those who hate the truth shall be given up to errors which will be fatal. Surely it was as…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it: The Jewish leaders were proud of the law of Moses. They believed they carefully obeyed it. However, Jesus pointed out a serious problem. While they honored the law in words, they were planning to kill him. In doing so, they were breaking the law (Exodus 20:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2019-20. Did not Moses, &c.--that is, In opposing Me ye pretend zeal for Moses, but to the spirit and end of that law which he gave ye are total strangers, and in "going about to kill Me" ye are its greatest enemies.Read the comment

Topics related to John 7:19

• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution
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Commentaries on John 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings