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Butἀλλὰthey will doποιήσουσινallπάνταthese thingsταῦταtoεἰςyouὑμᾶςon account ofδιὰmy name,τὸ ὄνομά μουbecauseὅτιthey do notοὐκknowοἴδασινthe one whoτὸνsentπέμψαντάme.με
John 15:21
Study it in the app“But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.”
With the Greek beneath
John 15:21, word by word
- they will doποιήσουσινpoiēsousin
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsousin” appears- my nameὄνομάonoma
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appears- knowοἴδασινoidasin
know someone
To have dealings with someone and know who he is.
Where else “oidasin” appears- sentπέμψαντάpempsanta
send
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsanta” appears
The context
20Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
21 · This verse (above)
22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
To study John 15 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus calls himself the true vine. What does he say happens to the branch that stays in him and to the one that does not? (vv. 1-8)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I no longer call you servants, but friends” (v. 15). According to the text, what makes someone a friend? (vv. 12-17)
3. How I live it
“Remain in my love” (v. 9). What simple habit would help you stay close to Jesus this week?