Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”

The verse would then read, Did not Moses give you the Law? and none of you doeth the Law. Why seek ye to kill Me? So far from the will to do God's will, without which they could not know …

Did Moses not give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why are you seeking to kill Me?' - What is the meaning of John 7:19?

19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?” 20 “You are demon-possessed,” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

Did not Moses give you the law — As if he had said, But you are unrighteous; for you violate the very law for which you profess so much zeal. There is a remarkable beauty in this sudden turn of the sentiment.

John 7:19 KJV: Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

John 7:19 - 'Did Moses not give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why are you seeking to kill Me?' on StudyLight.org

Jesus' question highlights the irony that those who claim to uphold the Law are failing to live by its true intent. Yet not one of you keeps it. This statement points to the hypocrisy of the religious leaders and the people who prided themselves on their adherence to the Law.

an harmless and innocent man, who never injured you in your persons and properties; and which is a proof of their not keeping that body of laws Moses gave them, since "thou shalt not kill" is one of them: though rather this may refer to the law of the sabbath, and the sense he, that since Moses had given them the law of the sabbath, and they ...

What does John 7:19 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.