John 15:20

John 15:20

The World’s Hatred

18 ^a“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.

19 ^aIf you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet ^bbecause you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

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.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Remember (mnhmoneuete). Present active imperative of mnhmoneuw, old verb from mnhmwn, in John again in John 16:4, John 16:21. See John 13:16 for this word.

If they persecuted me (ei eme ediwcan). Condition of first class. They certainly did persecute (first aorist active of diwkw, to chase like a wild beast like the Latin persequor, our "persecute") Jesus (John 5:16). They will persecute those like Jesus. Cf. John 16:33; Mark 10:30; Luke 21:12; I Corinthians 4:12; II Corinthians 4:9; Galatians 4:29; II Timothy 3:12 for proof that this prophecy came true. But the alternative is true and is stated by Jesus with a like condition of the first class, "if they kept my word" (ei ton logon mou ethrhsan). The world does praise the word of Jesus, but dreads to follow it.

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