John 15:23

+ 15:23 (23-25) MP: Messiah is despised. (See also Ps 69:4b). (Is 49:7a) + 15:23 (23-25) MP: Messiah is rejected. (Zech 12:10c) He who hates me, hates 'Avi ·my Father· also.

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He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

In Context

22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had abstract sin ·miss the mark·; but now they have no excuse for their abstract sin ·miss the mark·.

24+ 15:24 (24-25) MP: Hated without a cause. (Ps 69:4a) + 15:24. MP: Trusting in Yahweh God also means to trust in his Servant Messiah. (Is 50:10) If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have had abstract sin ·miss the mark·. But now have they seen and also hated both me and 'Avi ·my Father·.

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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 →

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