John 16:2
They will put you out of their synagogues: yea, the hour is coming, that every one who killeth you will think he offers God a sacred service.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
1THESE things have I spoken, that ye might not be stumbled.
3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Cross References
Matthew 10:28And be not afraid of those who kill the body, and cannot kill the soul: but fear him rather who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Luke 6:22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall revile you, and shall cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
John 9:22So spake his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews: for the Jews had already come to a resolution, that if any person acknowledged him Messiah, he should be excluded the synagogue.
John 12:42However, notwithstanding, many even of the rulers believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees they did not make open profession, lest they should be put out of the synagogues:
Acts 6:13and they set up false witnesses, saying, This man doth not cease speaking blasphemous words against this 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 →