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Remember (mnēmoneuete). Present active imperative of mnēmoneuō, old verb from mnēmōn, in John again in Joh 16:4, Joh 16:21. See Joh 13:16 for this word.
If they persecuted me (ei eme ediōxan). Condition of first class. They certainly did persecute (first aorist active of diōkō, to chase like a wild beast like the Latin persequor, our “persecute”) Jesus (Joh 5:16). They will persecute those like Jesus. Cf. Joh 16:33; Mar 10:30; Luk 21:12; 1Co 4:12; 2Co 4:9; Gal 4:29; 2Ti 3:12 for proof that this prophecy came true. But the alternative is true and is stated by Jesus with a like condition of the first class, “if they kept my word” (ei ton logon mou etērēsan). The world does praise the word of Jesus, but dreads to follow it.