João 15:21

21 Tratarão assim vocês por causa do meu nome, pois não conhecem aquele que me enviou.

João 15:21 Meaning and Commentary

John 15:21

But all these things will they do unto you
Christ here signifies, that all the hatred and persecutions raised against his people by the world, would not be on their own account, for any evil actions done by them; they would not suffer as thieves, murderers, and evildoers, but as Christians; or as he says,

for my name's sake:
because they were called by his name, and called upon his name; because they professed his name, and confessed him to be the Messiah and Redeemer; because they loved his name Jesus, a Saviour, believed in his name, and hoped in him for eternal life; and also preached him, and in his name salvation, and encouraged others to believe in him; and therefore they had no reason to be ashamed, but rather to rejoice; as they afterwards did, that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name: besides, this malice and hatred of theirs arose from ignorance of the Father of Christ:

because they know not him that sent me;
they did not know that Jesus was the Christ, and sent of God; they did not acknowledge him to be so, or the Father to be the sender of him; and because Christ and his disciples asserted this, therefore they were the objects of their hatred.

João 15:21 In-Context

19 Se vocês pertencessem ao mundo, ele os amaria como se fossem dele. Todavia, vocês não são do mundo, mas eu os escolhi, tirando-os do mundo; por isso o mundo os odeia.

20 Lembrem-se das palavras que eu disse: Nenhum escravo é maior do que o seu senhor. Se me perseguiram, também perseguirão vocês. Se obedeceram à minha palavra, também obedecerão à de vocês.

21 Tratarão assim vocês por causa do meu nome, pois não conhecem aquele que me enviou.

22 Se eu não tivesse vindo e falado a vocês, não seriam culpados de pecado. Agora, contudo, eles não têm desculpa para o seu pecado.

23 Aquele que me odeia, também odeia o meu Pai.