John 16:3

They will do such things because they have never known who I really am, nor who my Father is.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

In Context

2They will not allow you to worship in ◄synagogues/ their meeting places►. In fact, there will be a time when anyone who kills you will think that he is serving God by doing that.

4I have told you these things in order that when they start ◄ to cause you to suffer/to persecute you► [MTY], you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you these things when you first started to accompany me [MTY] because I was with you, and they were causing trouble for me, not for you.”

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Cross References

John 8:19Then they asked him, “ If you have a father whom we can question about you, where is he?” Jesus replied, “You do not know who I really am. If you knew who I really am, you would know who my Father is also.”

John 15:21They will treat you like that because you belong to me [MTY], and because they do not know the one who sent me.

John 17:3The way for people to live eternally is for them to know that you are the only true God, and to know that I, Jesus, am the Messiah, the one you have sent.

1 Corinthians 2:8None of those who rule this world knew that wise plan. If they had known it, they would not have nailed our wonderful Lord to the cross.

2 Thessalonians 1:8Then he will punish those people who do not want to know him and those who refuse to heed the message about our Lord Jesus.

1 Timothy 1:13Formerly I said evil things about him, I caused his people to suffer, and I acted very cruelly toward them. But Christ acted in a kind way toward me since I ◄acted ignorantly/did not know that I was doing wrong► because I did not believe in him.

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 →

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