KJV ORIGINAL
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
If someone hates me, they hate my Father too.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Jesus and God are so connected that rejecting one means rejecting both.
📚 Historical Context
In the Gospel of John, Jesus is speaking to his disciples during the Last Supper, as part of his Farewell Discourse, where he teaches about his deep unity with God the Father and the world's rejection of him. This verse underscores that hostility toward Jesus is equivalent to hostility toward God, reflecting the first-century Jewish context where the Messiah was seen as the ultimate revelation of the divine. It fits into the broader narrative of John's Gospel, which portrays Jesus as the Word made flesh and the source of eternal life.
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