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John 16:2

"They will put you out of the synagogues and make you outcasts. And a time is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blindness;   Church;   Conscience;   Ignorance;   Persecution;   Synagogue;   Temptation;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Church;   Persecution;   Suffering for Righteousness' S;   Synagogues;   The Topic Concordance - Holy Spirit;   Knowledge;   Persecution;   Resurrection;   Sending and Those Sent;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Apostles, the;   Martyrdom;   Synagogues;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Comforter;   Excommunication;   Luz;   Synagogue;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Synagogue;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Excommunication;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Conscience;   Council;   Synagogue;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Excommunication;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Excommunication;   John, the Gospel of;   Outcast;   Persecution in the Bible;   Service;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Children (Sons) of God;   Communion;   Ethics;   Excommunication;   God;   Holy Spirit;   John, Theology of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Character;   Christian (the Name);   Conscience ;   Courage;   Curse;   Discipline (2);   Excommunication;   Excommunication (2);   Following;   Offerings;   Paul;   Persecution (2);   Prophet;   Propitiation (2);   Religion (2);   Retribution (2);   Self-Control;   Synagogue;   Synagogue (2);   Tribulation (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Conscience;   Divine;   Synagogue;   13 To Worship, Serve;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Fruit;   Pentecost;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Synagogue;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fire;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Justice;   Synagogue;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Excommunication;   Persecution;   Ruler;   Service;   Synagogue;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 22;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
You're gonna be kicked out of churches. There'll even come a point when they'll kill you and think they are doing the right thing.
Legacy Standard Bible
They will put you out of the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
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;
New King James Version
They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.
Christian Standard Bible®
They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
World English Bible
They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think he doth God service.
Weymouth's New Testament
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.
King James Version (1611)
They shall put you out of the Synagogues: yea, the time commeth, that whosoeuer killeth you, will thinke that hee doeth God seruice.
Literal Translation
They will put you out of the synagogue, but an hour is coming that everyone killing you will think to bear a service before God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They shal excomunicate you. The tyme commeth, that who soeuer putteth you to death, shal thynke that he doth seruyce vnto God.
Mace New Testament (1729)
they shall expel you out of the synagogues: yea, the time is coming, when it will be thought an agreeable sacrifice to God for any one to take away your lives.
American Standard Version
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.
Revised Standard Version
They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
They shall excomunicat you: ye ye tyme shall come that whosoever killeth you will thinke that he doth God service.
Update Bible Version
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the hour comes, that whoever kills you shall think that he offers service to God.
Webster's Bible Translation
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time cometh, that whoever killeth you, will think that he doeth God service.
Young's Literal Translation
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;
New Century Version
People will put you out of their synagogues. Yes, the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are offering service to God.
New English Translation
They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Contemporary English Version
You will be chased out of the Jewish meeting places. And the time will come when people will kill you and think they are doing God a favor.
Complete Jewish Bible
They will ban you from the synagogue; in fact, the time will come when anyone who kills you will think he is serving God!
English Standard Version
They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They shall excommunicate you: yea, the time shall come, that whosoeuer killeth you, will thinke that he doeth God seruice.
George Lamsa Translation
For they will put you out of their synagogues; and the hour will come that whoever kills you, will think that he has offered an offering to God.
Hebrew Names Version
They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
International Standard Version
They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, an hour is coming when the one who kills you will think he is serving God!John 9:22,34; 12:42; Acts 8:1; 9:1; 26:9-11;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
They shall cast you out from their synagogues; and the hour cometh when every one who shall kill you will think that a sacrifice he offereth unto Aloha.
Murdock Translation
For they will eject you from their synagogues; and the hour will come, that whoever shall kill you, will suppose that he presenteth an offering to God.
New Living Translation
For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God.
New Life Bible
They will put you out of the places of worship. The time will come when anyone who kills you will think he is helping God.
English Revised Version
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.
Berean Standard Bible
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
New Revised Standard
They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Excommunicants from the synagogue, will they make you; Nay! there cometh an hour, that, every one who killeth you, shall think to be rendering, divine service, unto God!
Douay-Rheims Bible
They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth a service to God.
King James Version
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Lexham English Bible
They will expel you from the synagogue, but an hour is coming that everyone who kills you will think they are offering service to God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They shall excomunitate you: yea the time shall come, that who so euer kylleth you, wyll thynke that he doth God seruice.
Easy-to-Read Version
People will tell you to leave their synagogues and never come back. In fact, the time will come when they will think that killing you would be doing service for God.
New American Standard Bible
"They will ban you from the synagogue, yet an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering a service to God.
Good News Translation
You will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will come when those who kill you will think that by doing this they are serving God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei schulen make you with outen the synagogis, but the our cometh, that ech man that sleeth you, deme that he doith seruyce to God.

Contextual Overview

1"I have told you these things so that you will not stumble or be caught off guard and fall away. 2"They will put you out of the synagogues and make you outcasts. And a time is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God.3"And they will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me. 4"I have told you these things [now], so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I was with you. 5"But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?' 6"But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts [and taken complete possession of them].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall: John 9:22, John 9:34, John 12:42, Luke 6:22, 1 Corinthians 4:13

the time: Isaiah 65:5, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 24:9, Acts 5:33, Acts 6:13, Acts 6:14, Acts 7:56-60, Acts 8:1-3, Acts 9:1, Acts 9:2, Acts 22:3, Acts 22:4, Acts 22:19-23, Acts 26:9-11, Romans 10:2, Romans 10:3, Galatians 1:13, Galatians 1:14, Philippians 3:6

Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:29 - General Numbers 23:4 - I have prepared Joshua 10:4 - we may Judges 6:30 - Bring Judges 17:3 - a graven image Judges 17:13 - General 1 Samuel 22:23 - he that seeketh 2 Samuel 21:2 - in his zeal Ezra 10:8 - himself separated Job 13:7 - General Psalms 44:22 - killed Ecclesiastes 7:15 - there is a just Song of Solomon 5:7 - they smote Isaiah 5:18 - draw Isaiah 66:5 - Your Ezekiel 11:15 - Get Daniel 11:33 - yet Zechariah 11:5 - possessors Matthew 7:14 - narrow Matthew 10:17 - for Matthew 22:6 - the remnant Matthew 23:34 - ye Mark 13:9 - take Luke 10:3 - I send Luke 11:49 - and some Luke 12:52 - General Luke 21:12 - before John 9:24 - Give Acts 12:1 - to vex Acts 14:22 - we Acts 21:31 - as Acts 23:13 - which Romans 8:36 - For thy 1 Corinthians 15:19 - of all 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - we are 2 Timothy 3:12 - shall James 3:14 - and lie James 5:6 - have 1 John 3:13 - if Revelation 6:9 - I saw Revelation 6:11 - until

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me—she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate it."
Genesis 3:17
Then to Adam the LORD God said, "Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it'; The ground is [now] under a curse because of you; In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it All the days of your life.
Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "See here, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. I am asking you to go in to [the bed of] my maid [so that she may bear you a child]; perhaps I will obtain children by her." And Abram listened to Sarai and did as she said.
Genesis 16:4
He went in to [the bed of] Hagar, and she conceived; and when she realized that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress [regarding Sarai as insignificant because of her infertility].
Genesis 16:6
But Abram said to Sarai, "Look, your maid is entirely in your hands and subject to your authority; do as you please with her." So Sarai treated her harshly and humiliated her, and Hagar fled from her.
Genesis 16:9
The Angel of the LORD said to her, "Go back to your mistress, and submit humbly to her authority."
Genesis 16:10
Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."
Genesis 17:16
"I will bless her, and indeed I will also give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
Genesis 18:10
He said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They shall put you out of the synagogues,.... The Jews had made a law already, that he that confessed that Jesus was the Messiah, should be cast out of their synagogues; and they had put it in execution upon the blind man Christ restored to sight, for his profession of faith in him; which struck such a terror upon the people, that even many of the chief rulers who believed that Jesus was the true Messiah, durst not confess him, because of this law; for it was what they could not bear the thoughts of, to be deemed and treated as heretics and apostates, and the vilest of wretches: for this putting out of the synagogue, was not the lesser excommunication, which was called נדוי "Niddui", and was a "separation" from a particular synagogue for a while; but the greater excommunication, either by חרם, "Cherem", or שמתא, "Shammatha"; when a person was cut out from the whole body of the Jewish church, called often the synagogue, or congregation of the people; and was devoted and consigned to utter destruction, which was the height of their ecclesiastical power, their rage and malice could carry them to; and this the apostles were to expect; nay, not only this, but to have their lives taken away by ruffians, under a pretence of zeal for the service of God, and interest of religion:

yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth God service. For this is not to be understood of their being delivered up into the hands of civil magistrates, and of their being tried, judged, condemned, and put to death by their orders, but of their being murdered by a set of men called "zealots"; who, in imitation of Phinehas, as they pretended, took upon them, whenever they found any person guilty of a capital crime, as idolatry, blasphemy, c. or what they judged so, to fall upon him at once, and without any more ado kill him nor were they accountable to any court of judicature for such an action, and which was reckoned laudable and praiseworthy: in this way, and by the hands of such miscreants, Stephen the protomartyr lost his life; for though they had him before a council, and suborned witnesses against him, yet when in his own defence he said what these "zealots" interpreted blasphemy, they ran upon him at once, and cast him out of the city, and stoned him to death; and without any leave or authority from the sanhedrim, as appears: and these men were accounted good men, zealous, קנאתו של מקום y "with a zeal for God", his honour and glory; and valued themselves much upon such butcheries and inhumanity, and thought, as our Lord here says, that they "did God service"; or as the Syriac renders it, דקורבנא מקרב, "offered a sacrifice to God", and so the Arabic and Ethiopic: and indeed this is a rule the Jews z, and which they form upon the instance and example of Phinehas;

"that whoever sheds the blood of wicked men, (and such they reckoned the apostles and followers of Christ to be,)

כאלו הקריב קרבן, "it is all one as if he offered a sacrifice";''

they looked upon this to be a sacrifice acceptable and well pleasing to God: so the Apostle Paul, in his unregenerate state, thought he ought to do many things contrary to the name of Christ: and that he was doing God service, when he prosecuted the church, and gave his voice with these ruffians, to put the saints to death.

y Jarchi & Bartenora in Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 9. sect. 6. z Bemidbar Rabbit, Parash, 21. fol. 229. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Out of the synagogues - See the notes at John 9:22. They would excommunicate them from their religious assemblies. This was often done. Compare Acts 6:13-14; Acts 9:23-24; Acts 17:5; Acts 21:27-31.

Whosoever killeth you - This refers principally to the Jews. It is also true of the Gentiles, that in their persecution of Christians they supposed they were rendering acceptable service to their gods.

God’s service - The Jews who persecuted the apostles regarded them as blasphemers, and as seeking to overthrow the temple service, and the system of religion which God had established. Thus, they supposed they were rendering service to God in putting. them to death, Acts 6:13-14; Acts 21:28-31. Sinners, especially hypocrites, often cloak enormous crimes under the pretence of great zeal for religion. Men often suppose, or profess to suppose, that they are rendering God service when they persecute others; and, under the pretence of great zeal for truth and purity, evince all possible bigotry, pride, malice, and uncharitableness. The people of God have suffered most from those who have been conscientious persecutors; and some of the most malignant foes which true Christians have ever had have been in the church, and have been professed ministers of the gospel, persecuting them under pretence of great zeal for the cause of purity and religion. It is no evidence of piety that a man is full of zeal against those whom he supposes to be heretics; and it is one of the best proofs that a man knows nothing of the religion of Jesus when he is eminent for self-conceit in his own views of orthodoxy, and firmly fixed in the opinion that all who differ from him and his sect must of course be wrong.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 16:2. They shall put you out of the synagogues — They will excommunicate you, and consider you as execrable, and utterly unworthy to hold any commerce with God by religion; or with man by civil fellowship. John 9:22; John 9:22. In these excommunications they were spoiled of all their substance, see Ezra 10:8, and see also Hebrews 10:34, and deprived of their character, their influence, and every necessary of life. Though the Jewish people had the most humane laws, yet they were a most vindictive and cruel people.

That whosoever killeth you, c.] This Paul found for more than forty Jews bound themselves under a curse that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed him, Acts 23:12-13; and agreeably to this, it is said, in that Tract of the Talmud which is entitled Bammidbar, R. xxi. ad. Numbers 25:13; Numbers 25:13: "He who sheds the blood of the ungodly, is equal to him who brings an offering to God." What the Zealots did is notorious in history. They butchered any person, in cold blood, who, they pretended to believe, was an enemy to God, to the law, or to Moses; and thought they were fulfilling the will of God by these human sacrifices. We had the same kind of sacrifices here in the time of our Popish Queen Mary. May God ever save our state from the Stuarts!


 
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