John 16:2
They shall cast you out from their synagogues; and the hour cometh when every one who shall kill you will think that a sacrifice he offereth unto Aloha.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
1These have I spoken with you, that you may not be offended.
3And these will they do, because they have not known either my Father or me.
Cross References
Matthew 10:28And fear not them who kill the body, but the soul cannot kill; but fear rather One who the soul and the body can destroy in gihano.
Luke 6:22Blessed are you when the sons of man hate you, and separate you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man.
John 9:22These words said his parents, because they feared the Jihudoyee; for the Jihudoyee had determined that if any man should confess him that he was the Meshicha, they would cast him out of the synagogue:
John 12:42Yet of the chiefs also many believed in him: but because of the Pharishee they did not confess, that they might not be put out of the synagogue:
Acts 6:13AND witnesses of falsehood arose, and said, This man ceases not from speaking words contrary to the law and against this holy place.
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 →