John 15:20
Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.
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Isaiah 53:1Who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?
Matthew 10:24The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman above his lord.
Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo, this [child] is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against;
John 5:16And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus [and sought to kill him], because he had done these things on sabbath.
John 8:51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any one shall keep my word, he shall never see death.
John 10:31The Jews therefore again took stones that they might stone him.
Matthew Henry on John 15:19-26
Hatred and Persecution Foretold. 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things will they do unto you… Read the whole commentary →