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Joh 7:15 Strong Concordance And [2532] the Jews [2453] marvelled [2296], saying [3004], How [4459] knoweth [1492] this man [3778] letters [1121], having [3129] never [3361] learned [3129]?
  King James And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
How knoweth . . . letters--learning (Act 26:24).

having never learned--at any rabbinical school, as Paul under Gamaliel. These rulers knew well enough that He had not studied under any human teacher--an important admission against ancient and modern attempts to trace our Lord's wisdom to human sources [MEYER]. Probably His teaching on this occasion was expository, manifesting that unrivalled faculty and depth which in the Sermon on the Mount had excited the astonishment of all.
 
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24 And [1161] as he [846] thus [5023] spake for himself [626], Festus [5347] said [5346] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], Paul [3972], thou art beside thyself [3105]; much [4183] learning [1121] doth make [4062] thee [4571] mad [1519] [3130].
15 And [2532] that [3754] from [575] a child [1025] thou hast known [1492] the holy [2413] scriptures [1121], which [3588] are able [1410] to make [4679] thee [4571] wise [4679] unto [1519] salvation [4991] through [1223] faith [4102] which [3588] is in [1722] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424].
47 But [1161] if [1487] ye believe [4100] not [3756] his [1565] writings [1121], how [4459] shall ye believe [4100] my [1699] words [4487]?