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John 7:19 KJV
John · chapter 7 · verse 19
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?John 7:19 · King James Version
John 7:19 in context
17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
21Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- keepethpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- MosesmōysēsMoses = "drawing out", the legislator of the Jewish people and in a certain sense the…G3475 →
- aboutzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
- givedidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- noneoudeisno one, nothingG3762 →
- killapokteinōto kill in any way whatever, to destroy, to allow to perish, metaph. to extinguish…G615 →
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Here is, I. Christ's public preaching in the temple (Joh 7:14): He went up into the temple, and taught, according to his custom when he was at Jerusalem. His business was to preach the gospel of the kingdom, and he did it in every place of concourse.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-36