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 Living Translation (NLT)This is because they have never known the Father or me.

Context of John 16:3

1“These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. 2They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. 4But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you. 5“But now I go away 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• will they doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• they haveγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• notοὐou · noG3756
• the Fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• norοὐδέoude · norG3761
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for John 16:3

• John 8:19Then they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”
• John 15:21But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.
• John 17:3And this 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 delivered 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 the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”
• 1 Corinthians 2:8which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
• 2 Corinthians 4:3But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• 1 Timothy 1:13although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
• 1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
• 1 John 4:8He 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 an understanding, 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

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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