Teks -- John 15:25 (NET)

15:25 Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’

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Robertson: Joh 15:25 - But this cometh to pass

But this cometh to pass ( all' ).

Ellipsis in the Greek (no verb), as in Joh 9:3; Joh 13:18.

Robertson: Joh 15:25 - In their law

In their law ( en tōi nomōi autōn ).

Cf. Joh 8:17; Joh 10:34 for this standpoint. "Law"(nomos ) here is for the whole of Scripture as in Joh 12:34. The allusion is to Psa 69:4 (or Psa 35:19). The hatred of the Jews toward Jesus the promised Messiah (Joh 1:11) is "part of the mysterious purpose of God"(Bernard) as shown by hina plērōthēi (first aorist passive subjunctive of plēroō , to fulfill).

Robertson: Joh 15:25 - Without a cause

Without a cause ( dōrean ).

Adverbial accusative of dōrea from didōmi , gratuitously, then unnecessarily or gratis (in two Koiné tablets, Nageli) as here and Gal 2:21.

Vincent: Joh 15:25 - Without a cause

Without a cause ( δωρεάν )

Gratuitously . Akin to δίδωμι , to give . Their hatred was a voluntary gift .

Wesley: Joh 15:25

Psa 69:4.

JFB: Joh 15:22-25

(See on Joh 9:39-41).

JFB: Joh 15:22-25 - If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin

Comparatively none; all other sins being light compared with the rejection of the Son of God.

JFB: Joh 15:22-25 - now they have no cloak for their sin

Rather, "pretext."

JFB: Joh 15:25 - that the word might be fulfilled . . . They hated me without a cause

Quoted from the Messianic Psa 69:4, applied also in the same sense in Joh 2:17; Act 1:20; Rom 11:9-10; Rom 15:3.

Clarke: Joh 15:25 - Written in their law

Written in their law - See on Joh 10:34 (note). These words are taken from Psa 69:4. This psalm is applied to Christ, Joh 2:17; Joh 19:28; to the vengeance of God against Judea, Act 1:20. The psalm seems entirely prophetic of Christ. His deep abasement is referred to, Psa 69:2-5; his prayer for his disciples and followers, Psa 69:6; that for himself, in the garden of Gethsemane, Psa 69:15-19; his crucifixion, Psa 69:20-22; the vengeance of God against the Jews, from Psa 69:23-29; the glorious manner in which he gets out of all his sufferings, Psa 69:30; the abolition of the Mosaic rites and ceremonies, Psa 69:31, compared with Isa 66:3; and, finally, the establishment of the Gospel through the whole world, in Psa 69:33 and following verses. The reader will do well to consult the psalm before he proceeds.

Calvin: Joh 15:25 - But that the word may be fulfilled // Which is written in their Law

25.But that the word may be fulfilled What is contrary to nature appears to be incredible. But nothing is more contrary to reason than to hate God; and, therefore, Christ says that so great was the malice with which their minds were envenomed, that they hated him without a cause Christ quotes a passage from Psa 35:19, which, he says, is now fulfilled Not that the same thing did not happen, formerly, to David, but to reprove the obstinate malice of the nation, which reigned perpetually from age to age, being continued from grandfathers to grandchildren in unbroken succession; as if he had said, that they were in no respect better than their fathers, who hated David without a cause.

Which is written in their Law By the word Law, he means the Psalms; for the whole doctrine of the Prophets was nothing else than an appendage to the Law; and we know that the ministry of Moses lasted till the time of Christ. He calls it their Law, not as an expression of respect for them, but to wound them more deeply by a designation which was well known among them; as if he had said, “They have a Law transmitted to them by hereditary right, in which they see their morals painted to the life.”

Defender: Joh 15:25 - written in their law

See Psa 35:19; Psa 69:4; Psa 109:3; Psa 119:161; and Lam 3:52 - any or all of which might be the basis of this quote."

TSK: Joh 15:25 - the // They // without

the : Joh 10:34, Joh 19:36; Luk 24:44; Rom 3:19

They : Psa 7:4, Psa 35:19, Psa 69:4, Psa 109:3

without : Mat 10:8; Rom 3:24; 2Co 11:7; Gal 2:21; 2Th 3:8; Rev 21:6, Rev 22:17, All in Gr

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Poole: Joh 15:25

The particle that here again denotes not the final cause, but only the consequent; and the law here signifieth not strictly the law of Moses, but the whole Scripture, in which sense we have once and again met with the term. Saith our Saviour, This is no more than was prophesied of me by the prophet David; or no more than was fulfilled in me, being first done to David as my type: which also hath the force of another argument to uphold and encourage his disciples under their sufferings, that they were but the fulfilling of prophecies, no more than was foretold in holy writ.

Gill: Joh 15:25 - But this cometh to pass // that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law // they hated me without a cause

But this cometh to pass,.... This hatred against Christ, and which is pointed at his people for his sake, and reaches to the Father also on his account, is suffered to be, and therefore should be patiently borne:

that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law: either in Psa 35:19, or rather in Psa 69:4; which is a psalm of Christ, as appears by citations out of it in the New Testament, or references to it; see Joh 2:17. The whole Scripture is sometimes called the law, as here; for not the law of Moses is meant, or the five books of Moses, but the writings of the Old Testament; which the Jews had in their hands, to them being committed the oracles of God; and sometimes are so called, when the book of Psalms is particularly referred to as now; see Joh 10:34; the words cited are,

they hated me without a cause; without any reason for it, Christ having given them no provocation, or just cause of offence, anger, or hatred. This sin of hating without a cause, is represented by the Jews as a very heinous one, and as the reason of the destruction of the second temple; under which they observe, that men studied in the law, and in the commandments, and in doing of good; and therefore ask why it was destroyed? the answer is, because there was under it, שנאת חנם, "hatred without a cause": to teach us, that hatred without a cause is equal to the three (capital) transgressions, idolatry, adultery, and murder, for which they say the first temple was destroyed ^w. This is a tacit acknowledgment that the sin here mentioned was a reigning one, or that it much abounded in the time of Christ.