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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(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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