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

1“These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling. 2They 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. These 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. 5“But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

John 16:3 word by word

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

• Theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• they will doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• they have not knownγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• orοὐδέoude · norG3761

Cross-references for John 16:3

• John 8:19So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.”
• John 15:21But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.
• John 17:3This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
• Luke 10:22All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”
• 1 Corinthians 2:8the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
• 2 Corinthians 4:3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
• 1 Timothy 1:13even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;
• 1 John 3:1See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
• 1 John 4:8The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
• 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This 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

Topics related to John 16:3

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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