John 15:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Remember the word I spoke to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Remember{G3421} the word{G3056} that{G3739} I{G1473} said{G2036} unto you,{G5213} A servant{G1401} is{G2076} not{G3756} greater than{G3187} his{G846} lord.{G2962} If{G1487} they persecuted{G1377} me,{G1691} they will{G1377} also{G2532} persecute{G1377} you;{G5209} if{G1487} they kept{G5083} my{G3450} word,{G3056} they will keep{G5083} yours{G5212} also.{G2532}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Remember{G3421}{(G5720)} the word{G3056} that{G3739} I{G1473} said{G2036}{(G5627)} unto you{G5213}, The servant{G1401} is{G2076}{(G5748)} not{G3756} greater than{G3187} his{G846} lord{G2962}. If{G1487} they have persecuted{G1377}{(G5656)} me{G1691}, they will{G1377} also{G2532} persecute{G1377}{(G5692)} you{G5209}; if{G1487} they have kept{G5083}{(G5656)} my{G3450} saying{G3056}, they will keep{G5083}{(G5692)} yours{G5212} also{G2532}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Remember the sayinge that I sayde vnto you: the servaute is not greater then his LORde. Yf they have persecuted me so will they persecute you Yf they have kept my sayinge so will they kepe youres.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Remembre my worde, that I sayde vnto you: The seruaunt is not greater then his lorde. Yf they haue persecuted me, they shal persecute you also: Yf they haue kepte my worde, they shal kepe yours also.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master. If they haue persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they haue kept my worde, they will also keepe yours.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then the Lorde. If they haue persecuted me, they wyll also persecute you. If they haue kept my saying, they wyll kepe yours also.

• 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.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• 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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
• Ezek 3:7 : 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate 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 do not please God, and are contrary to all men:
• John 13:16 : 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.
• Isa 53:1-3 : 1 Who has 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 dry ground: he has no form or beauty; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid, as it were, our faces from him; he was despised, and we did not esteem him.
• 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it.
• 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
• Acts 4:27-30 : 27 For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. 29 And now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 By stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.
• Acts 7:52-60 : 52 Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they have killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers, 53 Who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it. 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at 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 as he called on God and said, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against
• Luke 6:40 : 40 The disciple is not above his master: but everyone who is perfect shall be as his master.
• John 7:32 : 32 The Pharisees heard the people murmuring such things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
• John 8:51 : 51 Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man keeps my word, he shall never see death.
• John 8:59 : 59 Then they picked up stones to throw 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 command, that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, so that they might seize him.