John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, a time is coming, that every one who kills you will think he makes an offering to God.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
1THESE things I have spoken to you, that ye should not be offended.
3And these things they will do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Cross References
Matthew 10:28And be not afraid of those who 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 6:22Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man.
John 9:22These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had agreed already, that if any one acknowledged him as Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
John 12:42Yet, even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not acknowledge him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;
Acts 6:13and set up 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 →