John 15:25

“But this is so that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without cause.’”

John 15:25 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Psalms 35:19

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“They hated me without cause” is in Psalm 35:19 and in 69:4 (“those who hate me without cause”). Jesus calls it “their law.”

Formula: ἀλλ’ ἵνα πληρωθῇ ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν γεγραμμένος ὅτι “so that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled” (John 15:25)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἀλλ’ ἵνα πληρωθῇ ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν γεγραμμένος ὅτι Ἐμίσησάν με δωρεάν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): אַל יִשְׂמְחוּ לִי אֹיְבַי שֶׁקֶר שֹׂנְאַי חִנָּם יִקְרְצוּ עָיִן

Septuagint (Psalms 34:19 in the Septuagint numbering): μὴ ἐπιχαρείησάν μοι οἱ ἐχθραίνοντές μοι ματαίως, οἱ μισοῦντές με δωρεὰν καὶ διανεύοντες ὀφθαλμοῖς.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Psalms 69:4

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“They hated me without cause” is in Psalm 35:19 and in 69:4 (“those who hate me without cause”). Jesus calls it “their law.”

Formula: ἀλλ’ ἵνα πληρωθῇ ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν γεγραμμένος ὅτι “so that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled” (John 15:25)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἀλλ’ ἵνα πληρωθῇ ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν γεγραμμένος ὅτι Ἐμίσησάν με δωρεάν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): רַבּוּ מִשַּׂעֲרוֹת רֹאשִׁי שֹׂנְאַי חִנָּם עָצְמוּ מַצְמִיתַי אֹיְבַי שֶׁקֶר אֲשֶׁר לֹא גָזַלְתִּי אָז אָשִׁיב

Septuagint (Psalms 68:5 in the Septuagint numbering): ἐπληθύνθησαν ὑπὲρ τὰς τρίχας τῆς κεφαλῆς μου οἱ μισοῦντές με δωρεάν· ἐκραταιώθησαν οἱ ἐχθροί μου οἱ ἐκδιώκοντές με ἀδίκως· ἃ οὐχ ἥρπασα τότε ἀπετίννυον.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

John 15:25, word by word

the wordλόγοςlogos

message

What God says, proclaimed to people.

Where else “logos” appears
is writtenγεγραμμένοςgegrammenos

it is written

So the Bible says; a passage is quoted.

Where else “gegrammenos” appears
their lawνόμῳnomōi

law

The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.

Where else “nomōi” appears
may be fulfilledπληρωθῇplērōthēi

be fulfilled

For what was foretold to come true.

Where else “plērōthēi” appears
‘They hatedἘμίσησάνEmisēsan

hate

To feel deep aversion toward someone or something and want it away.

Where else “Emisēsan” appears
without cause.’δωρεάνdōrean

without cause

For no reason at all.

Where else “dōrean” appears

Translation note

Psalm 35:19 and 69:4.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Psalms 35:19

“They hated me without cause” is in Psalm 35:19 and in 69:4 (“those who hate me without cause”). Jesus calls it “their law.”

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John 15:25

25But this is so that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without cause.’

Psalms 35:19

19Let not my lying enemies be glad over me; nor let those who hate me without cause wink the eye.

Quotation · Psalms 69:4

“They hated me without cause” is in Psalm 35:19 and in 69:4 (“those who hate me without cause”). Jesus calls it “their law.”

See them side by side

John 15:25

25But this is so that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without cause.’

Psalms 69:4

4More than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would annihilate me, my enemies with lies; what I did not steal, then I restore.

The context

24If 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.

25 · This verse (above)

26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me.

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To study John 15 in a group

  1. 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. 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. 3. How I live it

    “Remain in my love” (v. 9). What simple habit would help you stay close to Jesus this week?

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