John 7:15-18
15 And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?” 16 Jesus answered them and said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 If 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. 18 He 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.
Jesus spoke with authority because He is more than just a man; as God, as His living word, Jesus knew evert jot and tittle of all scripture. He was the author of it, and they did not understand how he could know more than they of Jewish academia. Pride and disbelief drove them to seek their own glory over God's. But the Messiah was sent sinlessly to glorify the Father as we were meant to do and would if it were not for our sin.
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