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 wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own. 18The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him. Didn’t Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?” 20“You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who is trying to kill you?” 21“I performed one work, and you are all amazed,” Jesus answered.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Didδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• notοὐou · noG3756
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• youσύsu · youG4771
• the lawὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• noneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• keepethποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• Whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• go ye aboutζητέωzēteō · 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 to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
• John 9:28They ridiculed him: “You’re that man’s disciple, but we’re Moses’s disciples.
• Exodus 24:2Moses alone is to approach the Lord, but the others are not to approach, and the people are not to go up with him.”
• Deuteronomy 33:4Moses gave us instruction, a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
• Deuteronomy 1:17Do not show partiality when deciding a case; listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.
• Acts 7:38He is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors. He received living oracles to give to us.
• Galatians 3:19Why, then, was the law given? It was added for the sake of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.
• Hebrews 3:3For Jesus is considered worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder has more honor than the house.
• Matthew 23:2“The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.
• Romans 2:12For all who sin without the law will also perish without 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 even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.
• John 7:25Some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
• John 5:16Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
• John 10:31Again the Jews picked up rocks 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