John 15:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλὰ ταῦτα πάντα ποιήσουσιν ὑμῖν διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδασιν τὸν πέμψαντά με.

Transliteration

Alla tauta panta poiēsousin humin dia to onoma mou, hoti ouk oidasin ton pempsanta me.

Grammar Details

• *Alla*: conjunction - but
• *tauta panta*: demonstrative pronoun + accusative, neuter, plural - all these things
• *poiēsousin*: future indicative, active, third person plural - they will do
• *humin*: dative, plural, second person pronoun - to you [plural]
• *dia*: preposition + accusative - because of/for the sake of
• *to onoma*: accusative, neuter, singular - the name
• *mou*: genitive, singular, first person pronoun - my/of me
• *hoti*: conjunction - because
• *ouk oidasin*: negative + perfect indicative (with present meaning), active, third person plural - they do not know
• *ton pempsanta*: accusative, masculine, singular, participle - the one who sent
• *me*: accusative, singular, first person pronoun - me

Word Meanings

• *tauta panta*: all these things/all these matters
• *poiēsousin*: will do/will perform/will carry out
• *onoma*: name/reputation/person
• *oidasin*: know/understand/recognize
• *pempsanta*: having sent/who sent/the sender

Referenced Verses

• Matt 10:22 : 22 And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved!
• John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
• Matt 24:9 : 9 Persecution of Disciples“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
• John 8:19 : 19 Then they began asking him,“Who is your father?” Jesus answered,“You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”
• John 8:54 : 54 Jesus replied,“If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say,‘He is our God.’
• Luke 6:22 : 22 “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!
• Matt 10:39 : 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.
• Ps 69:7 : 7 For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.
• Isa 66:5 : 5 Listen to the LORD’s message, you who respect his word! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say,“May the LORD be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” But they will be put to shame.
• Matt 5:11 : 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.
• Matt 10:18 : 18 And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
• Acts 3:17 : 17 And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.
• Acts 5:41 : 41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
• Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
• Acts 17:23 : 23 For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.
• Acts 28:25-27 : 25 So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement:“The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah 26 when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive. 27 For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.
• 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
• 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God– I say this to your shame!
• 2 Cor 4:3-6 : 3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing, 4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
• 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
• 1 Pet 4:13-14 : 13 But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.
• 1 John 2:3-4 : 3 Keeping God’s Commandments Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments. 4 The one who says“I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.
• Rev 2:3 : 3 I am also aware that you have persisted steadfastly, endured much for the sake of my name, and have not grown weary.