John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, the hour is coming when every one that killeth you will think that he is offering sacrifice to God.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1These things have I spoken to you, that ye may not fall away.
3And these things will they do, because they neither know the Father nor me.
Cross References
Isaiah 65:5Who yet say: Stand by thyself! come not near to me, For I am holier than thou! These are a smoke in my nose, A fire that burneth continually.
Matthew 10:28And fear not 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 6:22Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man.
John 9:22This his parents said, because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed, that if any one should acknowledge him as the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
John 12:42Yet even of the rulers many believed in him; but on account of the Pharisees they did not acknowledge him, lest they should be put of the synagogue;
Acts 6:13and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against the 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 →