Joh 16:2 | RWP | e4.org | They shall put you out of the synagogues ( αποσυναγωγους ποιησουσιν υμας ). "They will make you outcasts from the synagogues." Predicate accusative of the compound adjective αποσυναγωγος for which see ; . Yea ( αλλ' ). Use of αλλα as co-ordinating conjunction, not adversative. That ( ινα ) not in the sense of "when" ( οτε ), but as in for God's purpose ( , οπως ). Shall think ( δοξη ). First aorist active subjunctive of δοκεω . "So blind will he be" (Bernard). That he offereth service unto God ( λατρειαν προσφερειν τω θεω ). Infinitive (present active) indirect discourse after δοξη . For the phrase see .; .; . The rabbis so felt when they crucified Jesus and when they persecuted the disciples ( ; .). No persecution is more bitter than when done by religious enthusiasts and bigots like the Spanish Inquisition.

‏ John 16:2

They shall put you out of the synagogues ( αποσυναγωγους ποιησουσιν υμας ). "They will make you outcasts from the synagogues." Predicate accusative of the compound adjective αποσυναγωγος for which see 9:22; 12:42.

Yea ( αλλ' ). Use of αλλα as co-ordinating conjunction, not adversative.

That ( ινα ) not in the sense of "when" ( οτε ), but as in 12:23 for God's purpose (Lu 2:34, οπως ).

Shall think ( δοξη ). First aorist active subjunctive of δοκεω. "So blind will he be" (Bernard).

That he offereth service unto God ( λατρειαν προσφερειν τω θεω ). Infinitive (present active) indirect discourse after δοξη. For the phrase see Heb 6:1ff.; 8:3ff.; 9:7ff. The rabbis so felt when they crucified Jesus and when they persecuted the disciples (Ac 6:13; 7:57f.). No persecution is more bitter than when done by religious enthusiasts and bigots like the Spanish Inquisition.