John 16:2
They will excommunicate you; but the time is coming when everyone who kills you will think that he is offering God a service.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
1These things I have spoken to you, so that you should not be made to stumble.
3And these things they will do to you because they did not know the Father nor Me.
Cross References
Matthew 10:28And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot 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, 1 And when they shall exclude you, 1 And shall revile you, and cast out your name as evil, 1 Because of the Son of Man. 1
John 9:22These things his parents said because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone should confess that He was Christ, he would be excommunicated.
John 12:42Nevertheless even from among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be excommunicated;
Acts 6:13And they put forward false witnesses saying, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous 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 →