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2. ἀποσυναγώγους. see on Joh 9:32. The ἀλλά introduces a gradation, as in 2Co 7:11 : Nay, there cometh an hour. ‘You may think excommunication a strong measure, but they will go greater lengths than this.’ In ἵνα the Divine purpose again seems indicated (Joh 12:23, Joh 13:1); ‘an hour for every one that killeth you to think,’ ut omnis … arbitretur. In πᾶς the universality of the delusion appears: Jew and Gentile alike will put down Christians as blasphemers and atheists and the perpetrators of every crime. The history of religious persecution is the fulfilment of this prophecy: comp. Act 8:1; Act 9:1. Λατρείαν expresses a religious service (Rom 9:4; Heb 9:1; Heb 9:6); προσφέρειν the offering of sacrifice (Heb 5:1; Heb 8:3; Heb 9:7): offereth service to God.