John 15:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.›

📖 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 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
• Ezek 3:7 : 7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel [are] impudent and hardhearted.
• Matt 10:24 : 24 ‹The disciple is not above› [his] ‹master, nor the servant above his lord.›
• 2 Cor 4:9 : 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
• 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
• John 13:16 : 16 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.›
• Isa 53:1-3 : 1 ¶ Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
• 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
• 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
• Acts 4:27-30 : 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. 29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
• Acts 7:52-60 : 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it]. 54 ¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58 And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
• Luke 6:40 : 40 ‹The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.›
• John 5:16 : 16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
• John 7:32 : 32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
• John 8:51 : 51 ¶ ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.›
• John 8:59 : 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
• John 10:31 : 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
• John 11:57 : 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew [it], that they might take him.