John 15:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μνημονεύετε τοῦ λόγου οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν, Οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ. Εἰ ἐμὲ ἐδίωξαν, καὶ ὑμᾶς διώξουσιν· εἰ τὸν λόγον μου ἐτήρησαν, καὶ τὸν ὑμέτερον τηρήσουσιν.

Transliteration

Mnēmoneuete tou logou hou egō eipon humin, Ouk estin doulos meizōn tou kuriou autou. Ei eme ediōxan, and humas diōxousin; ei ton logon mou etērēsan, and the humeteron tērēsousin.

Grammar Details

• *Mnēmoneuete*: present imperative, active, second person plural - remember
• *tou logou*: genitive, masculine, singular - the word
• *hou*: relative pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - which
• *egō*: nominative, singular, first person pronoun - I
• *eipon*: aorist indicative, active, first person singular - I said
• *humin*: dative, plural, second person pronoun - to you [plural]
• *Ouk estin*: negative + present indicative, active, third person singular - is not
• *doulos*: nominative, masculine, singular - slave/servant
• *meizōn*: nominative, masculine, singular, comparative adjective - greater
• *tou kuriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - than the lord/master
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular, pronoun - his/of him
• *Ei*: conditional particle - if
• *eme*: accusative, singular, first person pronoun - me
• *ediōxan*: aorist indicative, active, third person plural - they persecuted
• *humas*: accusative, plural, second person pronoun - you [plural]
• *diōxousin*: future indicative, active, third person plural - they will persecute
• *ei*: conditional particle - if
• *ton logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - the word
• *mou*: genitive, singular, first person pronoun - my/of me
• *etērēsan*: aorist indicative, active, third person plural - they kept
• *humeteron*: accusative, masculine, singular, possessive adjective - yours
• *tērēsousin*: future indicative, active, third person plural - they will keep

Word Meanings

• *Mnēmoneuete*: remember/keep in mind/recall
• *logou*: word/saying/message
• *eipon*: said/told/spoke
• *doulos*: slave/servant/bondservant
• *meizōn*: greater/more important
• *kuriou*: lord/master/owner
• *ediōxan*: persecuted/pursued/harassed
• *diōxousin*: will persecute/will pursue/will harass
• *etērēsan*: kept/observed/obeyed
• *tērēsousin*: will keep/will observe/will obey

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
• Ezek 3:7 : 7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.
• Matt 10:24 : 24 A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.
• 2 Cor 4:9 : 9 We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;
• 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;
• John 13:16 : 16 Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.
• Isa 53:1-3 : 1 Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled? 2 For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure; 3 Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
• 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
• 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.
• Acts 4:27-30 : 27 For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together, 28 To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose. 29 And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear, 30 While your hand is stretched out to do works of mercy; so that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
• Acts 7:52-60 : 52 Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death; 53 You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it. 54 Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him. 55 But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God. 57 But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together, 58 Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit. 60 And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;
• Luke 6:40 : 40 The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master.
• John 5:16 : 16 And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
• John 7:32 : 32 This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.
• John 8:51 : 51 Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.
• John 8:59 : 59 So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.
• John 10:31 : 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.
• John 11:57 : 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone had knowledge where he was, he was to give them word, so that they might take him.