<p>16:3 <em>And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father nor me</em>- The idea is 'because they have refused to know'. They had been given the chance, as explained at the end of chapter 15, but had rejected it. And their bad conscience overflowed in personal anger. Not knowing the Father and Son was the reason why they killed the Lord (Acts 13:27,28). Because they killed Him, we must expect persecution at their hands, if we are in His Name and share His spirit. John stresses that because they knew not the Father nor Son, they crucified Jesus (15:21). And yet on another level they <em>did </em>know the Son and Father, especially when they saw His death (8:28). Even the Centurion was convinced that &quot;truly, this was the Son of God&quot;. And even before that, &quot;Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying: You both know me, and know from where I am, and that I have not come of myself&quot; (7:28). They knew, but chose not to know. And this was the psychological cause of their extreme anger.</p>