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IfεἰI had notμὴcomeἦλθονandκαὶspokenἐλάλησαto them,αὐτοῖςthey would notοὐκhave hadεἴχοσανsin;ἁμαρτίανbutδὲnowνῦνthey haveἔχουσινnoοὐκexcuseπρόφασινforπερὶtheir sin.τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν
John 15:22
Study it in the app“If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.”
With the Greek beneath
John 15:22, word by word
- comeἦλθονēlthon
come as Messiah
The coming of Jesus; "the one who comes" is the awaited one.
Where else “ēlthon” appears- spokenἐλάλησαelalēsa
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “elalēsa” appears- have hadεἴχοσανeichosan
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “eichosan” appears- sinἁμαρτίανhamartian
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartian” appears- excuseπρόφασινprophasin
excuse, pretext
Pretext, excuse.
Where else “prophasin” appears
The context
21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.
22 · This verse (above)
23Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
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?