John 16:3

John 16:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
• New International Version (NIV)They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.

Context of John 16:3

1These things I have spoken unto you that ye may not be offended. 2They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God; and these things they will do because they have not known the Father nor me. 4But I have spoken these things to you, that when their hour shall have come, ye may remember them, that I have said [them] unto you. But I did not say these things unto you from [the] beginning, because I was with you. 5But now I go to him that has sent me, and none of you demands of me, Where goest thou?

John 16:3 word by word

καὶ ταῦτα ποιήσουσιν ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὸν πατέρα οὐδὲ ἐμέ.Read the interlinear

• thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• knownγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962

Cross-references for John 16:3

• John 8:19They said to him therefore, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known also my Father.
• John 15:21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they have not known him that sent me.
• John 17:3And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
• Luke 10:22All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal [him].
• 1 Corinthians 2:8which none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;)
• 2 Corinthians 4:3But if also our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those that are lost;
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved.
• 1 Timothy 1:13who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing [man]: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.
• 1 John 3:1See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called [the] children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
• 1 John 4:8He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.
• 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that [is] true; and we are in him that [is] true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Commentaries on John 16:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Because they have not known the Father - See on John 15:25; (note). Ignorance of the benevolence of God, and of the philanthropy of Christ, is the grand fountain whence all religious persecution and intolerance proceed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3See John 15:21.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-331-5. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended--both the warnings and the encouragements just given.Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings