King James Version
John 16:2 in the King James Version says “They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God ...” — study this verse from John chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.”
John 16:2 · KJV
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. offended: scandalized or, made to stumble
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They shall put”
G4160to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
“cometh”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“will think”
G1380compare the base of g1166) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
“that he doeth”
G4374to bear towards, i.e., lead to, tender (especially to god), treat
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
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