John 7:19

Jesus had claimed that God had given Him His teaching and that He proclaimed it faithfully as a righteous man. Now He contrasted His critics with Himself. They claimed that Moses had given them his teaching, but they did not carry it out faithfully as righteous men. Therefore it was incongruous that they sought to kill Jesus (cf. John 7:44-45). They accused Him of unrighteousness, but really they were the unrighteous ones. They sought to kill him even though Moses had taught that God’s will was to refrain from murder (Exodus 20:13). Obviously they had not submitted to God’s will that came through Moses. It is no wonder that they failed to understand Jesus’ teaching.