"They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God …" — John 16:2

John 16:2 · KJV

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

— John 16:2

Verse 1

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. {offended: scandalized or, made to stumble}

Verse 3

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

John 16 — Context

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. {offended: scandalized or, made to stumble}

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

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

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.

Cross References

John 9:22

These {words} spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

Acts 26:9-11

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Romans 10:2-3

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Acts 22:3-4

I am verily a man {which am} a Jew, born in Tarsus, {a city} in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, {and} taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

Matthew 10:28

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

John 12:42

Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess {him}, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

Revelation 6:9

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Acts 22:19-23

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: