What Does John 15:23 Mean in the King James?
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The same Greek verb names hatred toward both Jesus and the Father, making the two rejections one act.
THE MEANING
Hatred toward Jesus reaches the Father; the verse treats the two rejections as one movement through relationship. The Son cannot be separated from the Father in the very act of rejecting him.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
You can reject Jesus while still holding an independent relationship with his Father.
THE ROOT
μισῶν
misōn
GROWS FROM
μισ- (from μισέω, miséō)
To hate or regard with hostility.
“hateth” in this verse is misōn. The first form, μισῶν, means “the one hating”; the second, μισεῖ, means “hates.” The shared stem ties the hater of the Son directly to hatred of the Father.
ALSO GROWS
misōn: Hating; the one who hates.
μισῶν
This participle identifies the person whose rejection is in view.
misei: Hates.
μισεῖ
The same stem carries that rejection from the Son to the Father.
πατέρα
patéra
GROWS FROM
πατήρ
patḗr
Father or parent; also an ancestor.
The Greek word names a relationship. A related word, πατριά, means family or lineage; here, the Father is not presented as separate from the Son in the reader’s response.
ALSO GROWS
patriá: Family, lineage, or kindred.
πατριά
This family word shares the πατερ- stem and echoes the relational bond named in the verse.
patrikós: Paternal; belonging to a father.
πατρικός
This related form shows the stem extending into what is of or belongs to a father.
THE PATTERN
A response directed toward the Son is treated as a response toward the Father because their relation cannot be split.
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.THE THREAD
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.John 15:18 uses the same Greek root, μισέω (miséō, “to hate”), for hatred directed at Jesus and his followers. Here the same root appears across the Son and the Father, showing how rejection travels through relationship.
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