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?”
• 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?”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Moses gave you the law, but none of you obeys it! In fact, you are trying to kill me.”

Context of John 7:19

17If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. 18The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?" 20The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?" 21Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel at it.

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. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
• John 9:28And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
• Exodus 24:2Moses alone shall come near to the Lord, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him."
• Deuteronomy 33:4when Moses commanded us a law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
• Deuteronomy 1:17You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.'
• Acts 7:38This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us.
• Galatians 3:19Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.
• Hebrews 3:3For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.
• Matthew 23:2"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,
• Romans 2:12For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
• Romans 3:10as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;
• Galatians 6:13For even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
• John 7:25Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?
• John 5:16And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
• John 10:31The Jews picked up stones again 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