(A)They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming (B)that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. And (C)these things they will do [a]to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have told you, that when [b]the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them.

“And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

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  1. John 16:3 NU, M omit to you
  2. John 16:4 NU their

They will put you out of the synagogue;(A) in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.(B) They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.(C) I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember(D) that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,(E)

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People will ·put you out of [ban you from] their synagogues. Yes, ·the time [L an hour; C an indefinite reference to a future time but likely connected to the period after the death and resurrection of Christ] is coming when those who kill you will think they are offering ·service [worship] to God. They will do this because they have not known the Father and they have not known me. I have told you these things now so that when ·the time [L their hour; C the time of persecution] comes you will remember that I ·warned [told] you [about them].

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“I did not tell you ·these things [C that they would experience persecution] ·at [from] the beginning, because I was with you then.

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