If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. Such rejection leads to persecution of those who preach the gospel. Thus, when people rejected Jesus, they rejected the Father who sent Him. Jesus and His ministry made known the Father, the One who sent Jesus. They would do so because they do not know God. Here Jesus is speaking specifically about those who would persecute believers. Of course, many people also believed in Jesus and His Word and so too would many believe in the message the apostles would preach and teach.īut all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. He was persecuted and killed, and so they could expect the same. As His servants, the disciples could expect no better treatment than what Jesus would receive. 8 The treatment given to a master determines the treatment given to the servant. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Jesus reminded them of something He had said earlier in this Gospel. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.” 7 “Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. A similar point is made in the book of 1 John: Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. Because the world is what it is, and Christians are not to be of this world, it is inevitable that the world will act toward believers as they did against the Lord. The Gospel writer emphasized “the world” by repeating it five times in this one sentence. Because of this, the world would hate them. Rather, He had chosen them to come out of the world and to no longer be part of it. In saying “if” you were of the world, Jesus was stating that they were not of the world.
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus made a similar point. Jesus knew that the world would hate the disciples, just as He had known that the world would first hate Him. If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. Jesus made a point to emphasize the importance of the disciples loving one another.
Here, it is being connected to the verses that follow. 2īible commentators differ on whether this verse is connected to the preceding verses where Jesus spoke of His disciples as His friends rather than servants and said that He had chosen and appointed them to bear abiding fruit, or whether it is connected to the verses that follow. These things I command you, so that you will love one another. 1 Throughout the rest of this chapter, as Jesus continued teaching, His focus turned toward the persecution His disciples would face in the not-too-distant future. He also stated that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. He reminded them that He had told them everything He had heard from His Father, that He had chosen and appointed them, and that they would bear abiding fruit. Jesus-His Life and Message: John 15: If the World Hates YouĮarlier in John chapter 15, Jesus told His disciples that they were His friends.
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