John 16:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ταῦτα ποιήσουσιν ὑμῖν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὸν Πατέρα, οὐδὲ ἐμέ.

Transliteration

And tauta poiēsousin to you, because not egnōsan the Patera, neither me.

Grammar Details

• Καὶ: conjunction - and
• *tauta*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - these things
• *poiēsousin*: future active indicative, 3rd person plural - they will do
• ὑμῖν: personal pronoun, dative, plural - to you
• ὅτι: conjunction - because
• οὐκ: negative particle - not
• *egnōsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they knew/have known
• τὸν: definite article, accusative, masculine, singular - the
• *Patera*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - Father
• οὐδὲ: negative conjunction - neither/nor
• ἐμέ: personal pronoun, accusative, singular - me

Word Meanings

• *tauta*: these things/these acts
• *poiēsousin*: they will do/they will perform
• *egnōsan*: they knew/they have known/they recognized

Referenced Verses

• John 15:21 : 21 They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
• John 17:25 : 25 Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;
• John 8:19 : 19 Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.
• John 8:55 : 55 You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.
• 1 John 3:1 : 1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
• 1 John 4:8 : 8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• Luke 10:22 : 22 All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.
• John 15:23 : 23 He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:
• 2 Cor 4:3-6 : 3 But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction: 4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them. 5 For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus. 6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
• 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation. 11 And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false: 12 So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.
• 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;