• John 16:2
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 2 ἀποσυναγώγους Off from synagogue ποιήσουσιν they will make ὑμᾶς· YOU; ἀλλ’ but ἔρχεται is coming ὥρα hour ἵνα in order that πᾶς everyone ὁ the ἀποκτείνας having killed ὑμᾶς YOU δόξῃ should think λατρείαν sacred service προσφέρειν to be offering τῷ to the θεῷ. God.

  • John 16:2
    King James Version

    • 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 16:2

      expel you from the synagogue: Or “excommunicate you; ban you from the synagogue.” The Greek adjective a·po·sy·naʹgo·gos (lit., “away from the synagogue”) is used only three times, here and at Joh 9:22 and 12:42. An expelled person would be shunned and scorned as a social outcast. Such cutting off of fellowship from other Jews would have severe economic consequences for the family. The synagogues, which were used primarily for education, were apparently sometimes used as places for local courts that had the power to inflict the penalties of scourging and excommunication. (See study note on Mt 10:17.) Jesus’ foretelling that his followers would be expelled from the synagogues warned them of the possible consequences of following him. Although Jesus had earlier said that the world would hate his followers, this was the first time he directly said that some of them would be killed.

      a sacred service: The Greek word used here is la·treiʹa and refers to an act of worship. In the Christian Greek Scriptures, this noun appears solely with reference to serving God. (Ro 9:4; 12:1; Heb 9:1, 6)​—For a discussion of the related Greek verb la·treuʹo, see study note on Lu 1:74.