John 7:15
Douay-Rheims
And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never learned?
Augustine of Hippo
(Tract. xxix. 2) All, it would appear, admired, but all were not converted. Whence then the admiration? Many knew where He was born, and how He had been educated; but had never seen Him learning letters. Yet now they heard Him disputing on the law, and bringing forward its testimonies. No one could do this, who had not read the law; no one could read who had not learnt letters; and this raised their wonder.
Source details
A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 7:14-18
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.