John 16:2 Parallel Translations

You will be thrown out of synagogues. Certainly, the time is coming when people who murder you will think that they are serving God.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

ASV:

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

BBE:

They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.

DBY:

They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God;

ERV:

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

WEY:

You will be excluded from the synagogues; nay more, the time is coming when any one who has murdered one of you will suppose he is offering service to God.

WBS:

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time cometh, that whoever killeth you, will think that he doeth God service.

WEB:

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

YLT:

out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

John 16:2 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at His word: "Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name's sake, Have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy.' But they will be put to shame.

John 4:21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

John 9:22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.

John 16:25 "These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

Acts 26:9 "So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Revelation 6:9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues. Excommunicate you. The first persecutions were Jewish.
Whoever killeth you will think he doeth God a service. Even so Saul of Tarsus thought while persecuting the saints (Ac 22:3,4). Fanaticism has always held the slaughter of those who are deemed heretics to be praiseworthy.

WES:

16:2 The time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think he doth God service - But, blessed be God, the time is so far past, that those who bear the name of Christ do not now generally suppose they do him service by killing each other for a difference in opinion or mode of worship.

MHC:

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 Scripture. He did not tell them sooner, because he was with them to teach, guide, and comfort them; they needed not then this promise of the Holy Spirit's presence. It will silence us to ask, Whence troubles come? It will satisfy us to ask, Whither go they? for we know they work for good. It is the common fault and folly of melancholy Christians to look only on the dark side of the cloud, and to turn a deaf ear to the voice of joy and gladness. That which filled the disciples' hearts with sorrow, was too great affection for this present life. Nothing more hinders our joy in God, than the love of the world, and the sorrow of the world which comes from it.

CONC:

Anyone Belief Death Excluded Fact God's Hour Indeed Killed Killeth Kills Murdered Nay Offer Offereth Offering Offers Outcasts Pleasure Puts Render Service Suppose Synagogue Synagogues Yea Yes

Excluded Fact Hour Indeed Killeth Kills Murdered Offereth Offering Offers Outcasts Service Suppose Synagogue Synagogues Think Time

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