John 16:3

They ¹  will do these things because they have not known the Father or me. ² 

Lu 10:22; Joh 8:19,55; Joh 15:21,23; Joh 17:3,25; 1Co 2:8; 2Co 4:3-6; 2Th 1:8; 2Th 2:10-12; 1Ti 1:13; 1Jo 3:1; 1Jo 4:8; 1Jo 5:20

¹ tn Grk “And they.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

² sn Ignorance of Jesus and ignorance of the Father are also linked in 8:19; to know Jesus would be to know the Father also, but since the world does not know Jesus, neither does it know his Father. The world’s ignorance of the Father is also mentioned in 8:55, 15:21, and 17:25.