Key Verse Spotlight
John 16:2 — Meaning and Application
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.”
John 16:2
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
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