John 16:3 (WEB)
They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
Fathers and councils · 12
Cyprian of Carthage
“But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 2–4.
Read the whole comment“But these things have I told you, that when the hour shall come ye may remember them, because I told you.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 2–4.
Read the whole comment“Also in the same place: “The hour shall come, that every one that killeth you shall think he doeth service to God; but they shall do this also because they have not known the Father nor me.”” — editor's note: John xvi. 2, 3.
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John Chrysostom
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
After the promise of the Holy Spirit, to inspire them with strength to give witness; He well adds, These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. (Rom. 5:5) For when the love of God is shed…
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For the Jews had already agreed, if any confessed that He was Christ, that he should be put out of the synagogue.
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But what evil was it to the Apostles to be put out of the Jewish synagogues, which they would have gone out of, even if none had put them out? Our Lord wished to make known to them, that the Jews were about not to…
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Then He consoles them: And all these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father nor Me. As if He said, Let this consolation content you.
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And He mentions these things beforehand, because trials, however soon to pass away, when they come upon men unprepared for them, are very overwhelming: But these things have I told you, that when the hour shall come,…
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And He predicted these trials for another reason, viz. that they might not say that He had not foreseen them; That ye may remember that I told you of them, or that He had only spoken to please them, and given false…
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In the other three Evangelists these predictions occur before the supper; John gives them after. Still if they relate them as given very near His Passion, that is enough to explain His saying, These things I said not…
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Or, He had foretold that they should suffer scourgings, but not that their death could be thought doing God service; which was the strangest thing of all. Or, He there told them what they would suffer from the…
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 16:1–4 (Catena Aurea).