John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the time is coming, when he that kills you, will think that he is offering service to God.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
1These things have I spoken to you, that you may not be ensnared.
3And these things they will do, because they know neither the Father nor me.
Cross References
Matthew 10:28And fear not them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Luke 6:22Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and shall withdraw themselves from you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man.
John 9:22His parents said this, because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed, that if any one should confess him to be the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
John 12:42But yet, many even of the rulers believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees, they would not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;
Acts 6:13And they brought forward false witnesses, who said: This man ceases not to speak words against this holy place, and the law.
Matthew Henry on John 16:2-7
Persecution Foretold; The Expediency of Christ's Departure. 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning,… Read the whole commentary →