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“I have told you these things so that you won’t abandon your faith. For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God. 3This is because they have never known the Father or me. 4Yes, I’m telling you these things now, so that when they happen, you will remember my warning. I didn’t tell you earlier because I was going to be with you for a while longer.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• They shall putποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• youσύsu · youG4771
• out of the synagoguesἀποσυνάγωγοςaposunagōgos · excommunicatedG656
• yeaἀλλάalla · butG235
• the timeὥραhōra · hourG5610
• comethἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• whosoeverπᾶςpas · allG3956
• killethἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• will thinkδοκέωdokeō · to thinkG1380
• that he doethπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• serviceλατρείαlatreia · ministryG2999

Cross-references for John 16:2

• John 9:22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue.
• John 12:42Many people did believe in him, however, including some of the Jewish leaders. But they wouldn’t admit it for fear that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue.
• Luke 6:22What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.
• 1 Corinthians 4:13We appeal gently when evil things are said about us. Yet we are treated like the world’s garbage, like everybody’s trash—right up to the present moment.
• Isaiah 65:5Yet they say to each other, ‘Don’t come too close or you will defile me! I am holier than you!’ These people are a stench in my nostrils, an acrid smell that never goes away.
• Matthew 10:28“Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Matthew 24:9“Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.
• Acts 5:33When they heard this, the high council was furious and decided to kill them.
• Acts 6:13The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.
• Acts 7:56And he told them, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand!”
• Acts 8:1Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria.
• Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. So he went to the high priest.
• Acts 22:3Then Paul said, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, and I was brought up and educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel. As his student, I was carefully trained in our Jewish laws and customs. I became very zealous to honor God in everything I did, just like all of you today.
• Acts 26:9“I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the very name of Jesus the Nazarene.
• Romans 10:2I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal.
• Galatians 1:13You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion—how I violently persecuted God’s church. I did my best 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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• Conscience
• Council
• Desirous
• Reprove
• Sure
• Tribulation
• Atonement
• Comforter

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