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Jesus Teaches at the Feast

John 7:19

In 9 translations

BSB
Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
KJV
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
WEB
Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
ASV
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?
LSV
has not Moses given you the Law? And none of you does the Law; why do you seek to kill Me?”
YLT
hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?'
DBY
Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?
DRC
Did Moses not give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?
GNV
Did not Moses giue you a Law, and yet none of you keepeth the lawe? Why goe ye about to kill me?

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δέδωκεν (“has given”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔδωκεν (“gave”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of Μωϋσῆς: Textus Receptus: Μωσῆς.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: δέδωκεν. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read δέδωκεν; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read ἔδωκεν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Οὐ Μωϋσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν νόμον; καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ ὑμῶν ποιεῖ τὸν νόμον. τί με ζητεῖτε ἀποκτεῖναι;
RP2018
Οὐ Μωσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν νόμον, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ ὑμῶν ποιεῖ τὸν νόμον; Τί με ζητεῖτε ἀποκτεῖναι;
TR-Boyd
Οὐ Μωσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν νόμον, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ ὑμῶν ποιεῖ τὸν νόμον; Τί με ζητεῖτε ἀποκτεῖναι;
SCR1894
ου μωσης δεδωκεν υμιν τον νομον και ουδεις εξ υμων ποιει τον νομον τι με ζητειτε αποκτειναι

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👤 Moses◆ Feast of Tabernacles

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  • John 7:1After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
  • Matthew 12:14But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
  • John 11:53So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
  • Galatians 6:13For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
  • Deuteronomy 33:4the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
  • Deuteronomy 1:17Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
  • Exodus 24:2–3Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.” When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one…
  • Matthew 23:2–4“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them…
  • Romans 2:12–13All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the…
  • John 5:16Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
  • John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
  • Romans 2:17–29Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; if you are convinced that you are a guide for…
  • John 10:31–32At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him. But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
  • John 5:18Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
  • Romans 3:10–23As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even…

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