John 15:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλʼ, ἵνα πληρωθῇ ὁ λόγος ὁ γεγραμμένος ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν, ὅτι Ἐμίσησάν με δωρεάν.

Transliteration

All', hina plērōthē ho logos ho gegrammenos en tō nomō autōn, hoti Emisēsan me dōrean.

Grammar Details

*All'*: conjunction - but
*hina*: conjunction - so that
*plērōthē*: aorist subjunctive, passive, third person singular - might be fulfilled
*ho logos*: nominative, masculine, singular - the word
*ho gegrammenos*: perfect participle, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - which has been written
*en tō nomō*: preposition + dative - in the law
*autōn*: genitive, masculine, plural, pronoun - their/of them
*hoti*: conjunction - that
*Emisēsan*: aorist indicative, active, third person plural - they hated
*me*: accusative, singular, first person pronoun - me
*dōrean*: adverb - without cause/freely

Word Meanings

*plērōthē*: might be fulfilled/might be accomplished/might come to pass
*logos*: word/saying/statement
*gegrammenos*: having been written/recorded/inscribed
*nomō*: law/code/regulation
*Emisēsan*: they hated/they detested/they rejected
*dōrean*: without cause/without reason/freely/gratuitously

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 109:3 : 3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
Ps 35:19 : 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
John 10:34 : 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods?
2 Cor 11:7 : 7 Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?
Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
Ps 7:4 : 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)
Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.
2 Thess 3:8 : 8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:
Rev 21:6 : 6 And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: {G2532} he that will, let him take the water of life freely.
John 19:36 : 36 For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
Rom 3:24 : 24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Matt 10:8 : 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.

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