John 16:2

John 16:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
• New International Version (NIV)They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.

Context of John 16:2

1“These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling. They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God. 3These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me. 4But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

John 16:2 word by word

ἀποσυναγώγους ποιήσουσιν ὑμᾶς· ἀλλ᾽ ἔρχεται ὥρα ἵνα πᾶς ὁ ἀποκτείνας ὑμᾶς δόξῃ λατρείαν προσφέρειν τῷ θεῷ.Read the interlinear

• makeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• you outcastsἀποσυνάγωγοςaposunagōgos · excommunicatedG656
• an hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• is comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• for everyoneπᾶςpas · allG3956
• who killsἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• you to thinkδοκέωdokeō · to thinkG1380
• that he is offeringπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
• serviceλατρείαlatreia · ministryG2999
• to Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for John 16:2

• John 9:22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.
• John 12:42Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;
• Luke 6:22Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.
• 1 Corinthians 4:13when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.
• Isaiah 65:5Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me, For I am holier than you!’ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day.
• Matthew 10:28Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Matthew 24:9“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
• Acts 5:33But when they heard this, they were cut to the quick and intended to kill them.
• Acts 6:13They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;
• Acts 7:56and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
• Acts 8:1Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
• Acts 9:1Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
• Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.
• Acts 26:9“So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.
• Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;

Commentaries on John 16:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2They shall put you out of the synagogues - They will excommunicate you, and consider you as execrable, and utterly unworthy to hold any commerce with God by religion; or with man by civil fellowship. See on John 9:22; (note). In these excommunications they were spoiled of all their substance, see Ezra 10:8, and see also Hebrews 10:34, and deprived of their character, their influence, and every necessary of life. Though the Jewish people had the most…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Out of the synagogues - See the notes at John 9:22. They would excommunicate them from their religious assemblies. This was often done. Compare Acts 6:13-14; Acts 9:23-24; Acts 17:5; Acts 21:27-31. Whosoever killeth you - This refers principally to the Jews. It is also true of the Gentiles, that in their persecution of Christians they supposed they were rendering acceptable service to their gods. God‘s service - The Jews who persecuted the apostles…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Jesus had described the coming conflicts so the disciples would not abandon their faith (literally be caused to stumble (15:18–25). The biggest challenge they would encounter was rejecting their faith in front of their opponents (see Matthew 23:34; Luke 6:22). This would especially be true during the difficult times ahead (see John 12:35; 1 John 2:9–11).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

Topics related to John 16:2

• Blindness
• Church
• Conscience
• Ignorance
• Persecution
• Synagogue
• Temptation
• Zeal, Religious

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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