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JOHN 15:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.”
It was to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.' [Psalm 69:4] — the hatred the world directs at Jesus fulfills the pattern established in Scripture; this is not random malice but the enactment of an ancient pattern. The citation of Psalm 69:4 establishes that Jesus' suffering is not unprecedented but is the culmination of a history of righteous suffering. The world's hatred of the righteous stretches back through the psalms and prophets; Jesus does not stand alone.

Church Fathers on John 15:25

Then by way of another consolation, He declares the injustice of these persecutions both towards Him had them. If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin.

Chrysostom · 4th century

Christ spoke to the Jews only, not to any other nation. In them then was that world which hated Christ and His disciples; and not only in them, but in us also. Were the Jews then without sin before Christ came in the flesh, because Christ had not spoken to them? By sin here He means not every sin, but a certain great sin, which includes all, and which alone hinders the remission of other sins, viz. unbelief. They did not believe in Christ, who came that they might believe in…

Augustine · 4th century

For as he who loves the Son, loves the Father also, the love of the Father being one with that of the Son, even as their nature is one: so he who hates the Son, hates the Father also.

Alcuin · 8th century
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