John 15:20-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 Remember the word I spoke to you,[a] ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.(A) 21 And they will do all these things to you on account of my name,[b] because they do not know the one who sent me.(B) 22 If I had not come and spoken[c] to them, they would have no sin; but as it is they have no excuse for their sin.(C)
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- 15:20 The word I spoke to you: a reference to Jn 13:16.
- 15:21 On account of my name: the idea of persecution for Jesus’ name is frequent in the New Testament (Mt 10:22; 24:9; Acts 9:14). For John, association with Jesus’ name implies union with Jesus.
- 15:22, 24 Jesus’ words (spoken) and deeds (works) are the great motives of credibility. They have seen and hated: probably means that they have seen his works and still have hated; but the Greek can be read: “have seen both me and my Father and still have hated both me and my Father.” Works…that no one else ever did: so Yahweh in Dt 4:32–33.
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