John 16:3
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
John 16:3 in other translations
| BSB | They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me. |
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| WEB | They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me. |
| ASV | And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me. |
| YLT | and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me. |
| DARBY | and these things they will do because they have not known the Father nor me. |
| BBE | They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me. |
| Webster | And these things will they do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. |
What does John 16:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 16:1-5
Joh 16:1-33. Discourse at the Supper Table Concluded. 1-5. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended--both the warnings and the encouragements just given.
Barnes' Notes
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 16:1-6
Our Lord Jesus, by giving his disciples notice of trouble, designed that the terror might not be a surprise to them. It is possible for those who are real enemies to God's service, to pretend zeal for it. This does not lessen the sin of the persecutors; villanies will never be changed by putting the name of God to them. As Jesus in his sufferings, so his followers in theirs, should look to the fulfilling of…
John 16:3 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 16:3
- John 15:21
But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
- John 17:25
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
- John 8:19
Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
- John 8:55
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
- 1 John 3:1
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
- John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- 1 Corinthians 2:8
Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
- 1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Luke 10:22
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
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Context
- John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
- John 16:3
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
- John 16:4
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
John 16:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y estas cosas os harán, porque no conocen al Padre ni á mí. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils feront ces choses, parce qu’ils n’ont connu ni le Père, ni moi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und dies werden sie tun, weil sie weder den Vater noch mich erkannt haben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et hæc facient vobis, quia non noverunt Patrem, neque me. |