Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
John 15:24
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, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen and hated both Me and My Father.
THE WORKS WHICH NONE OTHER MAN DID - The miracles of Jesus surpassed those of Moses and the prophets: * In their number. He healed great multitudes, and no small part of his life was occupied in doi...
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...
IF. HAD NOT DONE... THEY HAD NOT HAD SIN. The attestation of his divine mission was such that they were without excuse. His whole life work, including his sinlessness, his beneficence, his divine teac...
"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have no excuse for their sins. He who hates me hates the Father too. If I had not done deeds among them, which no...
THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES (John 15:1-10)...
AMONG. Greek. _en._ App-104. NONE OTHER MAN. no one else. Greek _oudeis altos._ App-124. Compare John 5:36; John 9:30. THEY HAD NOT, &c. Same as in John 15:22. Notice the different negatives me and o...
_the works_ If they did not see that His words were Divine they might at least have seen that His works were such. Comp. John 10:38; John 14:11; John 5:36. Here again their sin was against light; for...
The Hatred of the World to both Him and them In strong contrast to the love and union between Christ and His disciples and among the disciples themselves is the hatred of the world to Him and them. H...
ΤᾺ ἜΡΓΑ. If they did not perceive that His words were Divine, they might at least have recognised His works as such (John 10:38; John 14:11; John 5:36). Here again their sin was against light: they ad...
THE HATRED OR THE WORLD TO BOTH HIM AND THEM In strong contrast to the love and union between Christ and His disciples and among the disciples themselves is the hatred of the world to Him and them. He...
VER 22. IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN TO THEM, THEY HAD NOT HAD SIN: BUT NOW THEY HAVE NO CLOAK FOR THEIR SIN. 23. HE THAT HATES ME HATES MY FATHER ALSO. 24. IF I HAD NOT DONE AMONG THEM THE WORKS WHIC...
ΈΠΟΊΗΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ, _см._ John 15:21. ΕΪΧΟΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΧΩ, _см._ John 15:22. Iterat. _impf._ подчеркивает, что они грешили неоднократно, ΈΩΡΆΚΑΣΙΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΌΡ...
IF I HAD NOT DONE AMONG THEM— "If I had not done among them such extraordinary works as no other person ever did,—not even their prophets, or Moses himself,—they had not had any degree of sin, compara...
PERSEVERING UNION OF THE PERSECUTED _Text 15:18-27_ 18 If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but be...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 15:17-27 The following is an Analysis of the closing section of John 15:— A loving heart would feign discover or induce love everywhere. To be ungratified in th...
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...
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...
THE WORLD'S HATRED] cp. the similar predictions, Matthew 10:16; Matthew 24:9; Luke 21:12; Luke 21:16 cp. also...
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...
IF I HAD NOT DONE AMONG THEM THE WORKS. — Comp. Note on John 15:22, and for the evidence of our Lord’s works, see John 5:36; John 9:3; John 9:24;...
XIV. _ THE SPIRIT CHRIST'S WITNESS._ "If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated Me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the w...
εἰ τὰ ἔργα … οὐκ εἶχον. This repeats in a slightly varied form the statement of John 15:22. He had not only come and spoken, but had done works which none other had done, _cf._ John 3:2; John 9:32;...
_The relation of the disciples to the world_....
SUFFERING FOR JESUS' SAKE John 15:17-27 We have been appointed for the one purpose of bearing imperishable fruit, but our holy service to the world will never be appreciated. The world has its own go...
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...
How can this be true, that Christ wrought greater wonders than any one else had ever done? We find recounted in the Old Testament, the miracles of Elias and Eliseus, who raised the dead to life, heale...
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...
“ _But they will do all this to you for my name's sake, because they know not him who sent me._ 22. _If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for...
VER. 24. If the testimony which Jesus bore to Himself did not succeed in enlightening them, His works ought at least to have procured credence for His testimony. The one who did not have a consciousne...
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...
24._If I had not done among them the works _Under the word _works _he includes, in my opinion, all the proofs which he gave of his Divine glory; for by miracles, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, a...
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...
IF I HAD NOT DONE AMONG THEM THE WORKS,.... This is another, and a new argument, evincing the inexcusableness of their ignorance, and infidelity, and sin, taken from the works that Christ did; such as...
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. Ver. 24. _Works which none other man did_] More stu...
_If I had not done among them_, &c. If I had wrought no miracle at all among them; nay, if I had not done such extraordinary works as no other man ever did, not even their prophets, or Moses himself;...
ME-MY FATHER; chap John 10:30; John 14:7; John 14:9....
Such is the union between Christ and the Father, that as men treat the one, so they treat the other; and the greater the light which any have as to the character and will of God, the greater will be t...
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...
18-25 How little do many persons think, that in opposing the doctrine of Christ as our Prophet, Priest, and King, they prove themselves ignorant of the one living and true God, whom they profess to w...
Our Saviour often appeals to his works, both to own his mission from God, and also to prove the Jews inexcusable in their not receiving and embracing him; for which latter purpose he mentions them her...
John 15:24 If G1508 had G4160 not G1508 done G4160 (G5656) among G1722 them G846 works G2041 which...
“He who hates me, hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them the works like no other has done, they had not had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.” There must...
3). THE DISCIPLES MUST NOT BE SURPRISED IF THEY ARE HATED BY THE WORLD (JOHN 15:18)....
John 15:24. IF I HAD NOT DONE AMONG THEM THE WORKS WHICH NONE OTHER DID, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE SIN; BUT NOW HAVE THEY BOTH SEEN AND HATED BOTH ME AND MY FATHER. Jesus had spoken in John 15:22 of his ‘wo...
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...
THEY HAVE BOTH SEEN AND HATED (κα εωρακασιν κα μεμισηκασιν). Perfect active indicative of οραω and μισεω, permanent attitude and responsibility. The "world" and the ecclesiastics (Sanhedrin) had un...
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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...
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...
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 15:1. _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...
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...
THEY HATED ME FOR NO REASON AT ALL. The "sin of sins" is to reject Jesus. Because he came, he could be rejected. Those who rejected Christ would find no way to escape from the guilt of their rejection...
_If the world hate you_ KOSMOS: UNREGENERATE HUMANITY is here presented. I. AS GLOWING WITH HATE. 1. It was a hatred of goodness. To hate the mean, the selfish, the false, the dishonest, and moral...
_But all these things will they do unto you_ THE WORLD’S HATRED, AS CHRIST SAW IT I. THE WORLD’S IGNORANCE (John 15:21). “The world,” in Christ’s language, is the aggregate of Godless men. There is n...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 15:18. IF THE WORLD HATE YOU, ETC.—He now directs the attention of the disciples to their relation toward the world. Christ _loves_ His disciples, the world _hat...
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...
2 Timothy 3:4; Acts 10:38; Acts 2:22; Deuteronomy 5:9; Exodus 20:5;...