John 7:19

Jesus reminds them that though Moses gave the law, none of them keeps it, then asks why they seek to kill Him. Their murderous intent exposes their own lawbreaking.

Cross-references · 26

• John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
• John 7:1After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
• Matt 12:14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
• John 11:53Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
• Exod 24:2–3And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
• Deut 33:4Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
• Deut 1:17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
• Gal 6:13For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
• John 10:39Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
• John 10:31–32Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
• Matt 21:38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
• John 5:18Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
• Ps 2:1–6Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
• Rom 3:10–23As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
• Acts 7:38This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
• John 7:25Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
• Heb 3:3–5For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
• Mark 3:4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
• Gal 3:19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
• John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
• John 5:16And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
• Matt 23:2–4Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:
• John 9:28–29Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
• Mark 3:6And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
• Rom 2:12–13For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
• Rom 2:17–29Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

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