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John 15:13
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.
Verse John 15:13. _THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS._] No man can carry his love for his friend farther than this: for, when he gives up his life, he gives up all that he has. This proof...
GREATER LOVE HATH ... - No higher expression of love could be given. Life is the most valuable object we possess; and when a man is willing to lay that down for his friends or his country, it shows th...
CHAPTER 15 1. The Vine and the Branch. (John 15:1 .) 2. Communion with Him and its Conditions.(John 15:9 .) 3. Love One Another! and the Hatred of the World. (John 15:17 .) Israel is called a vine...
JOHN 15. THE VINE. The relation of the following Chapter s to 14 has been discussed. The Parœ mia, or parable-like discourse, reminds us of the parable or metaphor of the Good Shepherd in ch. 10. Two...
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT. MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. The highest human exhibition of love that earth has ever seen was this. Damon had been ready to die for Pythias; father...
"I have spoken these things to you that my joy might be in you, and that your joy might be complete. This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. No one has greater love tha...
THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES (John 15:1-10)...
NO MAN. no one. Greek. _oudeis._ A MAN. one. Greek. _tis._ App-123. LAY DOWN. Greek. _tithemi,_ literally place; translated "giveth" in John 10:11. "lay down "in John 10:15; John 10:17;...
_that a man lay down_ Literally, _in order that a man lay down:_the greatest love is that of which the _purpose_is dying for those loved. On -lay down his life" see note on John 10:11. _for his friend...
THE UNION OF THE DISCIPLES WITH ONE ANOTHER IN CHRIST...
13. This verse and the next three are an expansion of καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς. The standard of Christian love is the love of Christ for His disciples: that is the ideal to be aimed at. For Τ. ΨΥΧῊΝ ΑΥ̓. ΘΗ...
Ver 12. This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. 13. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14. You are my friends, if you do w...
ΜΕΊΖΟΝΑ (G3187) _сотр. от_ ΜΈΓΑΣ великий; _сотр._ более великий. Используется с _gen._ сравнения, ΪΝ (G2443), _прид._ с _conj._ является пояснительным (Barrett), ΘΉ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G508...
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,— "My _love_ to you is _stronger_ than death; for I will lay down my life for you: a greater degree of love than this never existed in the world; this is the love th...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS Special Study THE CHRISTIAN SYNDROME (John 15:1-17) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my life; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. Thes...
FRANK UNION OF FRIENDS _Text 15:12-17_ 12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his f...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 15:7-16 Below is an Analysis of the second section of John 15:— That the theme of this second section of John 15 is the same as was before us in its opening por...
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 ...
12 As the Lord had explained in His kingdom proclamation, the whole law was included in the one word, love. Love to God and love to man is far more than all the precepts of the law. So, in His final c...
THE TRUE YINE. THE WITNESS OF THE COMFORTER AND OF THE APOSTLES 1-17. The allegory of the True Vine and its interpretation. The metaphor of 'the vine' was suggested by 'the fruit of the vine' which ha...
LAY DOWN] see John 10:11, and cp. 1 John 3:16. The Saviour regards the offering up of life, and that for friends, as the highest expression of love, and expects the disciples to prove themselves capab...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 15 JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE *VINE AND THE BRANCHES 15:1-17 V1 Then Jesus said, ‘I am like the perfect *vine. My *Father...
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. — Better,... _hath no one than this._ (Comp. Note on John 10:18; John 10:29.) Nothing greater is conceivable in the thought of love. He has spoken of His own love f...
XIII. _ NOT SERVANTS, BUT FRIENDS._ "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are My friends, if ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I call y...
_The disciples are urged to fulfil Christ's purposes in the world, and are assured that if they abide in the love of Christ they will receive all they need for fruit-bearing_....
And that they might not underrate the measure of this exemplary love, He says, μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην … αὐτοῦ. Ταύτης is explained by ἵνα … αὐτοῦ as in John 15:8; and does not directly mean “than this...
“I HAVE CALLED YOU FRIENDS” John 15:10-16 We must estimate the Father's love to Jesus before we can measure His love to us. We are told to love one another with the same love, but enabling power is n...
Our Lord now uttered the great allegory of the vine. Certain words in it arrest our attention, "the vine," "the branches," "the fruit." The close interrelationship between these is emphasized, and our...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
II. THE POSITION OF THE DISCIPLES IN THE WORLD AFTER THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT: 15:1-16:15. Jesus had just promised to His own, in ch. 14, the twofold reunion, heavenly and earthly, in which the se...
1. 15:1-17. After the words: “Let us go hence,” Jesus and the disciples left the room which had just been to them, as it were, the vestibule of the Father's house. Whither do they go? According to _We...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 12-17. 1. The statement of John 15:13 is, of course, to be interpreted in view of the subject which is occupying the thought of Jesus. The love of enemie...
VER. 13. “ _No one has greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends._ ” In the relation to _friends_, there is no greater proof of love than the sacrifice of one's life on thei...
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. (10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his lov...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
13._Greater love hath no one than this. _Christ sometimes proclaims the greatness of his love to us, that he may more fully confirm our confidence in our salvation; but now he proceeds further, in ord...
The beginning of this chapter, and that which relates to the vine, belongs to the earthly portion to that which Jesus was on earth to His relationship with His disciples as on the earth, and does not...
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,.... By these words our Lord shows, how far love to another should extend, even to the laying down of our lives for the brethren; which is the highest instance of lo...
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ver. 13. _Greater love than this, &c._] Of any such love, but in Christ, we shall hardly read. David in a passion may...
_Greater love_ To his friends, (of whom here he only speaks,) _hath no man than this_ That is, a greater degree of love than this never existed in the world; _that a man lay down his life for his frie...
THE MINISTRY OF EXHORTATION CHRIST THE TRUE VINE (vs.1-8) The Lord's ministry of comfort, or of binding up, has been seen in chapter 14. Now in chapter 15 it is that of stirring up, or of exhortatio...
9-17 Those whom God loves as a Father, may despise the hatred of all the world. As the Father loved Christ, who was most worthy, so he loved his disciples, who were unworthy. All that love the Saviou...
The reason of this is because life is the greatest earthly good to men under ordinary circumstances: _Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life,_ JOB 2:4. Now it is impossible...
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book III For the Lord and our Saviour Jesus Christ did not scruple to "lay down His life," as Himself says, "for His friends."[59]...
John 15:13 Greater G3187 love G26 has G2192 (G5719) one G3762 than G3187 this G5026 than G2443 down...
“This is what I command you (my commandment) that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if...
2). AS THE NEW ISRAEL THE DISCIPLES ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER (JOHN 15:12). The fruit required of the branches of the vine is now clearly expressed. As branches of the true Vine they are to love one ano...
John 15:13. GREATER LOVE HATH NO ONE THAN THIS, THAT ONE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. How great His love which showed itself even unto death for them! They must imitate such love if they will ‘k...
We have already considered the circumstances under which the two Chapter s upon which we now enter were spoken; and, if we have been correct in the view taken of them, we are not to imagine that the f...
THAN THIS (ταυτης). Ablative case after the comparative adjective μειζονα and feminine agreeing with της αγαπης (love) understood.THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE (ινα τις την ψυχην αυτου θη). Object...
John 15:13 Friendship with Christ Observe: I. That the overtures of this friendship came first from Christ Himself, had their spring in considerations which could have originated with the Divine min...
John 15:13 The Death of Christ, our only Stay. If the thoughts of sin, death, and judgment be so terrible, as in truth they are to every soul of man, on what shall we stay ourselves when our time is...
Thus speaks the Lord Jesus: John 15:1. _I am the true vine,_ Many questions have been raised about which is the true Church; the Saviour answers them, «I am the true vine.» All who are united, reall...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ Not only the Mosaic law, but the whole creation is full of types of Christ. All the vines that we see in this world are only as it we...
Many of you know the words of this chapter by heart; you could repeat them without a mistake. May the savor of them abide in your hearts even as the letter of them abides in your memory! John 15:1. _...
John 15:9. _As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you:_ Oh, drink this nectar down! It is as when Cleopatra dissolved the pearl into a single draught; for here is the choicest pearl of truth t...
John 15:12. _This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you._ O beloved, do keep this commandment! Overlook each other's infirmities. Bear with each other's faults. Love one an...
CONTENTS: Jesus' discourse on the vine and the branches. The believer and the world. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples. CONCLUSION: Jesus is the true vine, in which the life of believers, as abiding...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine._ The vine through every age had designated the Hebrew church; here the Lord employs it to designate the Christian church, of which he is the head, and the source of lif...
SO THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU. He says this as he faces the Cross!!! It gives him great joy to obey the Father's commands. They also will find great joy in obeying his commands. So will we!...
12-14. JUST AS I LOVE YOU. All of Christ's commands are contained in this, and grow out of this seed! They may have expected detailed instructions, but instead, his love was to be their guide. IS TO G...
_Greater love hath no man than this._ Let us consider the unparalleled greatness of Christ’s love. I. IN THE OBJECTS OF HIS REGARD. 1. In the vastness of their number. He, indeed, knows their number...
_This is My commandment, that ye love one another_ THE GREAT COMMANDMENT OF CHRIST I. THE LOVE OF CHRIST. Remember 1. How free it was. We did not merit it, ask for it, nor even desire it. And here i...
THE MAN WHO DIED FOR PRINCE CHARLIE Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13. Those of you who are learning history know the mad, sad, glorious st...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:13 YOU ARE MY FRIENDS. In the OT, only Abraham and Moses are called friends of God (Exodus 33:11;...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:1 The OT frequently uses the vineyard or vine as a symbol for Israel, God’s covenant people. Note the two “vineyard songs” in Isaiah 1:1 ...
1-26 CHAPTER 15 VER. 1. _I am the true Vine_. The Greek has a double art. _ή άμπελος ή α̉ληθινὴ_, _the vine the true_. The Syriac is, _I am that vine of truth_. Christ here sets forth the parable of...
_This is My commandment_, &c. The Greek is emphatic with the double art., _ή ε̉ντολὴ ή ε̉μὴ_, _i.e._ _My precept, even Mine_. This is to be referred partly to the words, _if ye keep My commandments_...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 15:1. TRUE VINE.—Christ and the disciples were now on the way to Gethsemane. Their passing through the vineyards, etc., surrounding the city may have suggested th...
EXPOSITION JOHN 15:1 (7) _The parable of the vine and its branches_._ Incorporation of the disciples into one personality with himself_._ _The image of the vine may have been suggested by some visib...
Tonight let's turn now to John's gospel chapter 15, as we follow Jesus in His last hours prior to the cross. Jesus had been at the last supper with His disciples there in the upper room somewhere in J...
1 John 4:7; Ephesians 5:2; John 10:11; John 10:15; Romans 5:6...
Greater love hath no man than this, that [ι ν α]. Some of the more subtle phases of John's thought cannot be apprehended without a careful study of this often - recurring conjunction. It is still clai...
THE HOLY GHOST John 15:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are confronted with one of the great themes of Scripture. The word "Ghost" is an old English word meaning "guest." The Holy Spirit is the Holy Ghost,...
Greater love — To his friends. He here speaks of them only....
Here our Saviour gives his disciples an evidence of the greatness of his love unto them; namely, in his readiness to lay down his life for them, which is the highest expression of love to our dearest...