John 15:22

John 15:22

20 Remember the word that I said to you, ^a‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. ^bIf they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

21 But ^aall these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

22 ^aIf I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, ^bbut now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 ^aHe who hates Me hates My Father also.

24 If I had not done among them ^athe works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have ^bseen and also hated both Me and My Father.

25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ^a‘They hated Me without a cause.’

The Coming Rejection

26 ^a“But when the¹ Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, ^bHe will testify of Me.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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They had not had sin (amartian ouk eixosan). Conclusion of condition of second class without an because context makes it clear (nun de) without it (Robertson, Grammar, p. 1013). The imperfect active indicative with -osan instead of -on (also in verse John 15:24) as common in the LXX, and occurs in the papyri and the inscriptions and the Boeotian dialect.

Excuse (profasin). Old word (I Thessalonians 2:5) either from profainw, to show forth, or profhmi, to speak forth. Mere pretence, in John only here and verse John 15:24.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 15:22:**

John 9:41
John 18:36
John 19:11
Romans 3:13
1 John 1:8

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