¹⁴Now when the feast was already half over,^d Jesus went to the temple courts^* and began to teach.^* ¹⁵Then the Jews were astonished, saying, “How does this man possess knowledge,^e because he^* has not been taught?”

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Footnotes

dLiterally “now it being already in the middle of the feast”
*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
eLiterally “know letters”
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“been taught”) which is understood as causal

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach. The Jews there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning without having been taught?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach. Then the Jews were amazed and said, “How is this man so learned, since he hasn’t been trained?”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then, midway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. The people were surprised when they heard him. “How does he know so much when he hasn’t been trained?” they asked.

KJV 1900King James Version

Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

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