John 16:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. ”

• John 16:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See John 15:21 .

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• John 16:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John 16. There is no break between chs. 15 and 16. Jesus has told them beforehand, so that His death and their suffering may not daunt their faith, as the Baptist was offended by the course of the...

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• John 16:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  unto you . All the texts omit. have not known . knew not (Aor.), not . Greek. ou. App-105. known . App-132. the Father . See p. 1511. nor . Greek. oude .

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• John 16:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  3. And they will do these things. Not without good reason does Christ frequently remind the apostles of this consideration, that there is only one reason why unbelievers are so greatly enrag...

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• John 16:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. Because they have not known the Father - See on John 15:25 (note). Ignorance of the benevolence of God, and o...

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• John 16:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And these things will they do, &c.— "And these immoral and pernicious principles and practices will they embrace and execute against you as my disciples, because through the wilful blindness an...

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• John 16:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. See the note at...

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• John 16:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ Will Prove the Disciples' Comfort in Time of Persecution 1-6. The Persecution of the Apostles predicted. This section repeats many of the ideas of the prev...

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• John 16:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Because they have not known the Father, nor me. — Comp. Note on John 15:21 . He repeats that ignorance of God is the cause of the world’s hatred and persecution, and adds here that it is ignorance...

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• John 16:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XIV. THE SPIRIT CHRIST'S WITNESS. "If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated Me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of...

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• John 16:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Work of the Spirit John 16:1-11 We gain by our losses. It was expedient for the disciples that the Lord should go, because the Spirit's presence was contingent upon His absence. The text ne...

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• John 16:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Throughout these discourses our Lord was preparing His disciples for all that He saw coming to them. He told them that they would have sorrow resulting from their suffering. Because of this, it was n...

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• John 16:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. (2) They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God servic...

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• John 16:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And these things will they do unto you ,.... Christ here opens the true spring and source of the furious zeal of the Jews, against the apostles, in putting them out of their synagogues, and taking a...

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• John 16:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. Ver. 3. Because they have not known ] Through blind zeal. "The dark corners of the earth are full of cruelt...

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• John 16:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And these things will they do These cruelties will they exercise upon you, not because ye have done them any harm; but because they have not known the Father nor me Which, if they had done, inste...

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• John 16:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  All that the Lord spoke on that memorable night was intended for the preparation of His disciples for what would face them in view of His death, resurrection and return to the glory. There would be s...

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• John 16:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Persecution Foretold; The Expediency of Christ's Departure.       1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended....

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• John 16:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This is but what our Lord said as to his Father, 1 Thessalonians 16:21 of the former chapter, ( See Poole on " 1 Thessalonians 16:21 " ), and teacheth us, that all persecutions of good men speak...

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• John 16:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “These things have I spoken to you that you should not be made to stumble. They will put you out of synagogues. Yes, the hour comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God. An...

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• John 16:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES Chap. John 15:27 . The Spirit does not teach historical facts, but reveals their true meaning. Hence the apostolic testimony and the testimony of the Spirit form bu...

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• John 16:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 16:1-3 . These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doet...

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• John 16:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 16:1 . These things have I spoken, that ye should not be offended, so as to stumble and shrink back from the cause in which you are engaged. Expulsion from the synagogue was to a jew next to...

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• John 16:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

  These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended Christ’s reasons for present speech and former silence I. OUR LORD’S LOVING REASON FOR HIS SPEECH. 1. The two statements o...

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• John 16:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION John 16:1-43 (c) The bitter issues of the hostility of the world . John 16:1 These things . What things? Primarily the explanation he had given of the opposition and hat...

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• John 16:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Comfort against the World's Hatred. The intensity of the world's hatred:

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• John 16:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Peter 1:14 ; Acts 20:23 ; Acts 20:24 ; Acts 9:16 ; Isaiah 41:22 ; Isaiah 41:23 ; John 13:19 ; John 14:29 ; John 17:12 ; John 17:13 ; Luke 21:12 ; Luke 21:13 ; Mark 13:23 ; Mark 2:19 ;...

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• John 16:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Holy Spirit Chapter John 16:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The sixteenth chapter of John contains a part of our Lord's last message before He went out to Gethsemane and on to the Cross. The disci...

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• John 16:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  They have not known the Father nor me — This is the true root of persecution in all its forms.

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