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IfεἰI had notμὴdoneἐποίησαamongἐνthemαὐτοῖςthe worksτὰ ἔργαthatἃnoοὐδεὶςone elseἄλλοςdid,ἐποίησενthey would notοὐκhave hadεἴχοσανsin;ἁμαρτίανbutδὲnowνῦνthey haveκαὶseenἑωράκασινandκαὶhatedμεμισήκασινbothκαὶmeἐμὲandκαὶmy Father.τὸν πατέρα μου
John 15:24
Study it in the app“If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have had sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.”
With the Greek beneath
John 15:24, word by word
- doneἐποίησαepoiēsa
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “epoiēsa” appears- the worksἔργαerga
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “erga” appears- one elseἄλλοςallos
other, another
Other, another.
Where else “allos” 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- seenἑωράκασινheōrakasin
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “heōrakasin” appears- hatedμεμισήκασινmemisēkasin
hate
To feel deep aversion toward someone or something and want it away.
Where else “memisēkasin” appears- my Fatherπατέραpatera
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patera” appears
The context
23Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
24 · This verse (above)
25But this is so that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without cause.’
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?