“Thus was fulfilled..."

Today people interpret John 16.2 as only a future event, rather than one which has been fulfilled.

“Thus was fulfilled that which was said by the Lord: The time will come, when whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God. 

From that time on the holy martyrs endured punishments beyond all description, Satan earnestly endeavouring to elicit from their lips also some of the slanders."

The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienna
A New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337

http://ref.ly/o/neweusebius/127820 via the Logos Bible Android app.