יוחנן 15:20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
The reminder 'the servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also' applies the master-servant analogy to the disciples' anticipated reception by the world. The saying echoes John 13:16 (in the washing of feet context), suggesting that the pattern of Christ's self-giving service and his subsequent rejection are structurally inseparable. The consolation embedded in the warning — 'if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also' — prevents despair by acknowledging that proclamation is not without fruit, even if the fruit is minority. The verse became a touchstone for Christian martyr theology from the early persecutions through the modern era, grounding the expectation of suffering in christological solidarity.
תרגומים נוספים
Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
`Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;
Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
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