John 16:3
They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
In Context
Cross References
John 8:19Then they said to him, “Where is yoʋr father?” Jesus answered, “You neither know me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father as well.”
John 15:21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
John 17:3This is eternal life, that they may know yoʋ, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom yoʋ have sent.
1 Corinthians 2:8None of the rulers of this age understood this wisdom, for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
2 Thessalonians 1:8With blazing fire he will inflict vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 1:13even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
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 →