John 15:25-27

15:25 Now this happened ¹  to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’ ²  15:26 When the Advocate ³  comes, whom I will send you from the Father – the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father – he ⁴  will testify about me, 15:27 and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

¹ tn The words “this happened” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to complete an ellipsis.

² sn A quotation from Ps 35:19 and Ps 69:4. As a technical term law (νόμος, nomos) is usually restricted to the Pentateuch (the first five books of the OT), but here it must have a broader reference, since the quotation is from Ps 35:19 or Ps 69:4. The latter is the more likely source for the quoted words, since it is cited elsewhere in John’s Gospel (2:17 and 19:29, in both instances in contexts associated with Jesus’ suffering and death).

³ tn Or “Helper” or “Counselor”; Grk “Paraclete,” from the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklhto"). See the note on the word “Advocate” in John 14:16 for discussion of how this word is translated.

⁴ tn Grk “that one.”