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 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 wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. 18He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him. Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?” 20The people answered and said, “You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?” 21Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel.

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, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
• John 5:45Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust.
• John 9:28Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.
• Exodus 24:2And Moses alone shall come near the Lord, but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go up with him.”
• Deuteronomy 33:4Moses commanded a law for us, A heritage of the congregation of Jacob.
• Deuteronomy 1:17You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’
• Acts 7:38“This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us,
• Galatians 3:19What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.
• Hebrews 3:3For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house.
• Matthew 23:2saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
• Romans 2:12For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law
• Romans 3:10As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one;
• Galatians 6:13For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
• John 7:25Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill?
• John 5:16For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
• John 10:31Then the Jews took 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