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Juan 15:20
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
word: John 5:16, John 7:32, John 8:59, John 10:31, John 11:57, John 13:16, Matthew 10:24, Luke 2:34, Luke 6:40, Acts 4:27-30, Acts 7:52-60, 1 Thessalonians 2:15
if they have kept: 1 Samuel 8:7, Isaiah 53:1-3, Ezekiel 3:7
Reciprocal: Numbers 12:1 - Miriam 1 Samuel 22:23 - he that seeketh 1 Kings 22:24 - smote Micaiah Proverbs 7:1 - keep Matthew 5:10 - are Matthew 22:6 - the remnant Matthew 24:9 - shall they Mark 8:35 - for Mark 10:39 - Ye Mark 13:9 - take Luke 10:3 - I send Luke 21:12 - before Luke 22:36 - But John 8:51 - keep John 12:26 - serve John 15:15 - I call Acts 4:1 - the priests Acts 5:33 - took Acts 8:1 - there Acts 9:16 - I will Acts 12:1 - to vex Acts 26:15 - I am Romans 1:1 - a servant 1 John 4:5 - are 1 John 4:17 - as Revelation 3:8 - and hast kept
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Remember the word that I said unto you,.... For their further consolation under the hatred of the world, he puts them in mind of a saying of his, which he had lately used, John 13:16; to teach them humility, self-denial, and brotherly love, and elsewhere, as in Matthew 10:24; for the same purpose as here; namely, to engage them patiently to bear the hatred of men, and all indignities and insults from them, for his name's sake:
the servant is not greater than the Lord: nor so great, and consequently not more, nor so: much deserving of respect, or to be treated in a better manner; suggesting, that Christ was their Lord and master, as he was, and they were his servants; and therefore were not greater than him, but much inferior to him, and could not expect better usage from men than he had:
if they have persecuted me; as they did, both by words and deeds, as before observed:
they will persecute you; and so they did in like manner, and from place to place:
if they have kept my saying; which is either ironically spoken, or designs that insidious malicious observation of Christ's words, made by the Jews, with an intent to catch and lay hold on something to improve against him:
they will keep yours also; that is, either they will attend to your doctrines, or they will make the same spiteful remarks, and put the same evil constructions on your words as on mine.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Remember the word that I said ... - At their first appointment to the apostolic office. See Matthew 10:24-25.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 15:20. If they have kept my saying — Or, doctrine. Whosoever acknowledges me for the Christ will acknowledge you for my ministers.
Some translate the passage thus: If they have WATCHED my sayings, i.e. with an intent to accuse me for something which I have said, they will WATCH yours also: therefore be on your guard. παρατηρειν has this sense, as we have had occasion to observe before; and perhaps τηρειν has the same sense here, as it is much more agreeable to the context.