John 7:15

Plain English Version

The Jewish leaders got a shock, and said to each other, “How does this man know so much? He has never been to any of our schools.”

Cross References

Luke 2:47

The people there listened to Jesus too, and they were very surprised at the things he said. He understood lots of things, and he knew the answers to all of their questions.

Luke 4:22

All those people started talking together. They said good things about Jesus, and they said, “Wow. He talked real good. But we know this man, he is Joseph’s son.”

John 1:19

The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem city sent some of the bosses of their ceremonies, and other men that helped in the Jewish ceremonies, to ask John some questions. They said to him, “Who are you?”

John 7:11

At the Tents Ceremony, the Jewish leaders looked for him. They kept on asking the people there, “Where is that man?”

John 7:46

They said, “That man said really good words. We haven’t heard anyone talk like that before. We couldn’t grab him.”

Acts 26:24

While Paul was talking, Festus suddenly shouted, “Paul, you are crazy. You have been reading and learning too much, and it made you go crazy in your head.”

Acts 4:13

The leaders knew that Peter and John were ordinary men that never went to Jewish school to learn about God’s book, but Peter and John were not frightened to talk back to them. So those leaders were shocked. Then they remembered that Peter and John were Jesus’s friends and often listened to him.