John 15:20

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.

📖 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 Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
• Ezek 3:7 : 7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
• Matt 10:24 : 24 “A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.
• 2 Cor 4:9 : 9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed,
• 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,
• John 13:16 : 16 I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
• Isa 53:1-3 : 1 Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the LORD’s power revealed through him? 2 He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him. 3 He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
• 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,
• 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
• Acts 4:27-30 : 27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 28 to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen. 29 And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage, 30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
• Acts 7:52-60 : 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become! 53 You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it.” 54 Stephen is Killed When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 “Look!” he said.“I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” 57 But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent. 58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed,“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary,“Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.
• Luke 6:40 : 40 A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.
• John 5:16 : 16 Responding to Jewish Leaders Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.
• John 7:32 : 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
• John 8:51 : 51 I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death.”
• John 8:59 : 59 Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden from them and went out from the temple area.
• John 10:31 : 31 The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.
• John 11:57 : 57 (Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)