I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. By a figure familiar to Jewish ears (Isaiah 5:1; ; etc.) Jesus here beautifully sets forth the spiritual Oneness of Himself and His people, and His relation to them as the Source of all their spiritual life and fruitfulness. I AM THE TRUE VINE... [ Continue Reading ]
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT BEARETH NOT FRUIT HE TAKETH AWAY [ airei (G142 )]; AND EVERY BRANCH THAT BEARETH FRUIT HE PURGETH IT [ kathairei (G2508 )], THA... [ Continue Reading ]
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. NOW YE ARE CLEAN THROUGH THE WORD, [ Eedee (G2235) humeis (G5210) katharoi (G2513) este (G1510) dia (G1223) ton (G3588) logon (G3056), 'Already are ye clean by reason of the word'] which I have spoken unto you. He had already said of... [ Continue Reading ]
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. ABIDE IN ME, AND I IN YOU. The latter clause may be taken as a promise: 'Abide in Me, and I will abide in you.' (So Calvin, Beza, Meyer, Lucke, Luthardt under... [ Continue Reading ]
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. I AM THE VINE, YE ARE THE BRANCHES: HE THAT ABIDETH IN ME, AND I IN HIM, THE SAME BRINGETH FORTH MUCH FRUIT. This is just the positive form of what had b... [ Continue Reading ]
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. IF A MAN ABIDE NOT IN ME, HE IS CAST FORTH AS A BRANCH, AND IS WITHERED. This withering, it will be observed, comes before the burning, just as the withe... [ Continue Reading ]
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. IF YE ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU. Mark the change from the inhabitation of Himself to that of His words. But as we are clean through His word (), and sanctified through His word (),... [ Continue Reading ]
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. HEREIN IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED [ edoxasthee (G1392) - on which special use of the aorist, see the note at John 10:4 ], THAT YE BEAR MUCH FRUIT. As His whole design in providing "the True Vine," and making men li... [ Continue Reading ]
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. AS THE FATHER HATH LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU. See the notes at ; . CONTINUE (OR 'ABIDE') YE IN MY LOVE - not, ' continue ye to love Me,' but 'abide ye in the possession and enjoyment of My love to you;' as is evident... [ Continue Reading ]
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. IF YE KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, YE SHALL ABIDE IN MY LOVE - the obedient spirit of true discipleship attracting and securing the continuance and increase of Christ's loving reg... [ Continue Reading ]
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU, THAT MY JOY MIGHT REMAIN ('ABIDE') IN YOU, AND THAT YOUR JOY MIGHT BE FULL, [ pleeroothee (G4137)] - or 'be fulfilled.' We take "these things which Christ h... [ Continue Reading ]
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS I HAVE LOVED YOU. See the notes at John 13:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. The emphasis here lies, not on "friends," but on "laying down his life" for them: q.d., 'One can show no greater regard for those de... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. YE ARE MY FRIENDS, IF YE DO WHATSOEVER I COMMAND YOU - `if ye hold yourselves in absolute subjection to Me.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. HENCEFORTH I CALL YOU NOT SERVANTS - that is, in the restricted sense explained in the next words; for ser... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. YE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU - a wholesome memento after the loft... [ Continue Reading ]
These things I command you, that ye love one another. THESE THINGS I COMMAND YOU, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Our Lord repeats here what He had said in , but He recurs to it here in order to give it fresh and affecting point. He is about to forewarn them of the certain hatred and persecution of th... [ Continue Reading ]
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. IF THE WORLD HATE YOU, YE KNOW THAT IT HATED ME BEFORE IT HATED YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. IF YE WERE OF THE WORLD, THE WORLD WOULD LOVE HIS OWN: BUT BECAUSE YE ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU OUT OF THE WORLD, ... [ Continue Reading ]
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. REMEMBER THE WORD THAT I SAID UNTO YOU, THE SERVANT IS NOT GREATER THAN HIS LORD. IF THEY HAVE PERSE... [ Continue Reading ]
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. BUT ALL THESE THINGS WILL THEY DO UNTO YOU FOR MY NAME'S SAKE, BECAUSE THEY KNOW NOT HIM THAT SENT ME. Here again are they cheered with the assurance that all the opposition they would experie... [ Continue Reading ]
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN UNTO THEM, THEY HAD NOT HAD SIN, [ ouk (G3756) eichon (G2192)] - rather, 'would not have sin;' that is, of course comparatively: all other sins being light compare... [ Continue Reading ]
He that hateth me hateth my Father also. HE THAT HATETH ME HATETH MY FATHER ALSO - so brightly revealed in the incarnate Son that the hatred of the One was just naked enmity to the other.... [ Continue Reading ]
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. IF I HAD NOT DONE AMONG THEM THE WORKS WHICH NONE OTHER MAN DID, [ epoieesen (G4160) is beyond doubt the true reading: the received text - pepoieeke... [ Continue Reading ]
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. BUT [THIS COMETH TO PASS], THAT THE WORD MIGHT BE FULFILLED THAT IS WRITTEN IN THEIR LAW ( ), THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE. The New Testament references to this Messianic psalm... [ Continue Reading ]
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: BUT WHEN THE COMFORTER IS COME, WHOM I WILL SEND UNTO YOU FROM THE FATHER, EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, WHICH PROCEEDETH FROM THE FATHER. How... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. AND YE ALSO - as the other witness required to the validity of testimony among men (Deuteronomy 19:15) SHALL BEAR WITNESS, [ martureite (G3140 ) OR 'DO BEAR WITNESS'] BECAUSE YE HAVE BEEN, [ este (G1510 ), OR 'ARE'... [ Continue Reading ]