The Meaning of John 15:23 Explained

John 15:23

KJV: He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

YLT: 'He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father;

Darby: He that hates me hates also my Father.

ASV: He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He that hateth  me  hateth  my  Father  also. 

What does John 15:23 Mean?

Context Summary

John 15:17-27 - Suffering For Jesus' Sake
We have been appointed for the one purpose of bearing imperishable fruit, but our holy service to the world will never be appreciated. The world has its own god and religion. It hates without cause. The more Christlike we are, the closer we shall be identified with His sufferings. There is no limit to the hatred and persecution which the world will vent on those who have ceased to belong to it because of their identification with the Crucified. But through the pitiless storm, we must be glad; there must be no slackening of our love, which will as certainly conquer hate as tomorrow's sun the darkness, John 15:26-27. In each Christian century there has been this double witness of the Spirit in the Church. The voice of the Church has testified to the living Christ, not arguing but attesting; and to each word of testimony the Holy Spirit has borne assenting witness. Christian apologetics are of less importance than the witness of obscure but Spirit-led lives. [source]

Chapter Summary: John 15

1  The union of Jesus and his members shown under the parable of a vine
18  The hatred of the world
26  The office of the Holy Spirit

Greek Commentary for John 15:23

My Father also [και τον πατερα μου]
Because Christ reveals God (John 14:9) and to dishonour Christ is to dishonour God (John 5:23). The coming of Christ has revealed the weight of sin on those who reject him. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for John 15:23

John 5:23 That all may honour the Son [ινα παντες τιμωσιν τον υιον]
Purpose clause with ινα — hina and present active subjunctive of τιμαω — timaō (may keep on honouring the Son). He that honoureth not the Son Articular present active participle of τιμαω — timaō with negative μη — mē Jesus claims here the same right to worship from men that the Father has. Dishonouring Jesus is dishonouring the Father who sent him (John 8:49; John 12:26; John 15:23; 1 John 2:23). See also Luke 10:16. There is small comfort here for those who praise Jesus as teacher and yet deny his claims to worship. The Gospel of John carries this high place for Christ throughout, but so do the other Gospels (even Q, the Logia of Jesus) and the rest of the New Testament. [source]

What do the individual words in John 15:23 mean?

The [one] Me hating also the Father of Me hates
ἐμὲ μισῶν καὶ τὸν Πατέρα μου μισεῖ

  The  [one] 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἐμὲ  Me 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Accusative 1st Person Singular
Root: ἐγώ  
Sense: I, me, my.
μισῶν  hating 
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: μισέω  
Sense: to hate, pursue with hatred, detest.
καὶ  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: καί  
Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but.
Πατέρα  Father 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: προπάτωρ 
Sense: generator or male ancestor.
μου  of  Me 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Singular
Root: ἐγώ  
Sense: I, me, my.
μισεῖ  hates 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: μισέω  
Sense: to hate, pursue with hatred, detest.

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