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Joh 15:20. Εἶπον, I said) ch. Joh 13:16; Mat 10:24.-εἰ-ἐδίωξαν· εἰ-ἐτήρησαν, if they have persecuted: if they have watched) The if is not a mere condition, but has the force of affirming [As surely as they have]: and τηρεῖν in tins passage is to watch in a hostile manner, as in Mat 27:36, “Sitting down, they watched Him there” (ἐτήρουν, at the crucifixion); Gen 3:15, “The seed of the woman shall watch with hostile intent thy head, and thou shalt watch His heel:” αὐτός σου τηρήσει κεφάλην, καὶ σὺ τηρήσεις αὐτοῦ πτέρναν.[361] They persecuted Him when ‘doing’ good, Joh 15:24; they watched Him whilst He was ‘speaking,’ Joh 15:22.-καὶ, also) Mat 10:25. Both are contained in the πάντα, all these things, Joh 15:21.
[361] I confess I prefer the Engl. Vers. If they have kept, i.e. as surely as they have not kept, etc. For τηρέω is used in this very ch. ver. 10 in this sense, and is never found in any other sense in connection with λόγον, ἐντολάς, etc. Παρατηρέω is the word used when a hostile intention is designed, Luk 4:7; Luk 14:1, etc.-E. and T.