Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 15:5
I am the vine, ye are the branches — Our Lord in this whole passage speaks of no branches but such as are, or at least were once, united to him by living faith.
I am the vine, ye are the branches — Our Lord in this whole passage speaks of no branches but such as are, or at least were once, united to him by living faith.
Verse John 15:5. _WITHOUT ME YE CAN DO NOTHING._] Χωρις εμου ου δυνασθε ποιειν ουδεν - _Separated from me, ye can do nothing at all_. God can do without man, but man cannot do without God. Following...
I AM THE VINE - John 15:1. WITHOUT ME YE CAN DO NOTHING - The expression “without me” denotes the same as separate from me. As the branches, if separated from the parent stock, could produce no fruit,...
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...
AM THE VINE; YE ARE THE BRANCHES. He has already declared (verse 1) that he is the True Vine, but he had not yet declared that every disciple is. branch of the Vine. Had he not declared, "Ye are the b...
THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES (John 15:1-10)...
"I am the real vine and my Father is the vine-dresser. He destroys every branch in me which does not bear fruit; and he cleanses every branch which does bear fruit, so that it may bear more fruit. You...
WITHOUT. Greek _choris,_ apart from. Compare John 1:3 and John 20:7 (by itself), the only other occurance in John. NOTHING. Greek. _ou ouden,_. double negative....
_ye are the branches_ This has been implied, but not stated yet. _for without me_ Better, BECAUSE APART FROM _Me_, or (as the margin) _severed from Me_. Comp. John 1:3; Ephesians 2:12. _ye can do not...
The Union of the Disciples with Christ The Allegory of the Vine The allegory of the Vine is similar in kind to that of the Door and of the Good Shepherd in chap. 10 (see introductory note there): th...
5. The text of the allegory is repeated and enlarged. That the disciples are the branches has been implied but not stated. Note the irregular construction and comp. John 5:44. ὍΤΙ ΧΩΡῚΣ ἘΜΟΥ͂. BECAUSE...
Ver 4. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me. 5. I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abide...
ΜΈΝΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΜΈΝΩ, _см._ John 15:4. Subst. part. подчеркивает роль человека, который должен выполнить определенное поручение, ΧΩΡΊΣ (G5565) с _gen._ без, вдали от. ΠΟΙΕΊΝ _praes. ind...
DISCOURSE: 1691 OUR IMPOTENCY WITHOUT CHRIST John 15:5. _Without me ye can do nothing_. THE various systems of heathen philosophers were all calculated to confirm the pride of man: the tendency of th...
ABIDE IN ME, AND I IN YOU.— "Continue steadfast in your love and attachment to me, live in constant communion with me, let your hearts be stayed upon me with habitual and full confidence and faith, an...
VITAL UNION OF VINE AND BRANCHES _Text 15:1-11_ 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh _it_ away: and every branch that bear...
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...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 15:1-6 The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The persons addressed in John 15 were the eleven apostles. It was not to unsaved p...
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...
28 In the East they do not say, as we do, "I am going", but rather "I am going and returning" when spealctng of an ordinary journey. So the Lord assures them that He was not about to leave them perman...
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...
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...
I AM THE VINE, YE ARE THE BRANCHES. — The first clause is repeated to bring out the contrast with the second. It has been implied, but not directly stated, that they are the branches. It may be that t...
John 15:1 XII. _ THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES._ "Arise, let us go hence. I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away: and every bra...
ἐγὼ … κλήματα “I am the Vine, ye are the branches,” together forming one tree and possessed by one common life. The stock does not bear fruit, but only the branches; the branches cannot live without t...
THE CONDITION OF FRUITFULNESS John 15:1-9 The vine is not able to do its work in the world without its branches; they stretch far from the root, to bear its strength and sweetness to those who stand...
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...
VER. 5. “ _I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in me and I in him, this one bears much fruit; for apart from me, you can do nothing._ ” Jesus begins by summarily reaffirming the nature...
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...
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (2) 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 frui...
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...
_THE UNION OF CHRIST AND THE BELIEVER_ ‘I am the vine, ye are the branches.’ John 15:5 The vine was a national emblem, like our rose, thistle, or shamrock, or like the lily of France. One of Isaiah...
_APART FROM THE VINE_ ‘Without Me ye can do nothing.’ John 15:5 These are the words of our Lord Himself about Himself. They might be more accurately translated thus—‘Apart from Me ye can do nothing...
5.Without me you can do nothing. This is the conclusion and application of the whole parable. So long as we are separate from him, we bear no fruit that is good and acceptable to God, for we are unabl...
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...
I AM THE VINE, YE ARE THE BRANCHES,.... Christ here repeats what he said of himself, "the vine", for the sake of the application of "the branches" to his disciples: which expresses their sameness of n...
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. Ver. 5. _The same bringeth forth much fruit_] Christ i...
_Now ye are clean_ All of you, to whom I now speak, are made clean from the guilt and power of sin through the word which I have spoken unto you, whose sanctifying influence has operated on your heart...
The union of the branch to the vine by a vital communication is no more essential to its life and fruitfulness, than the union of souls to Christ, by receiving and trusting in him as the Saviour, is t...
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. Whether the Lord spoke these words in the courtyard of the...
CHRIST THE TRUE VINE. The Husbandman, the Vine, and the branches:...
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...
WITHOUT ME: Or, severed from me...
1-8 Jesus Christ is the Vine, the true Vine. The union of the human and Divine natures, and the fulness of the Spirit that is in him, resemble the root of the vine made fruitful by the moisture from...
I AM THE VINE, YE ARE THE BRANCHES; that is, I am as the vine, you are as the branches: without the continual influence of the vine upon the branches, they bring forth no fruit; but that influence con...
John 15:5 I G1473 am G1510 (G5748) vine G288 you G5210 branches G2814 abides G3306 (G5723) in...
1). JESUS IS THE NEW ISRAEL, WHICH IS TO ACT AS THE NEW WITNESS FOR GOD IN THE WORLD. IF WE WOULD ENJOY HIS BLESSING WE MUST DO SO BY LIVING CONTINUALLY IN HIM IN TRUST AND OBEDIENCE AS BRANCHES REMAI...
. “Remain dwelling in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it remains fruitfully connected to the vine, so neither can you unless you remain fruitfully connected to me. I...
John 15:5. I AM THE VINE, YE ARE THE BRANCHES. HE THAT ABIDETH IN ME, AND I IN HIM, THE SAME BEARETH much FRUIT; BECAUSE APART FROM ME YE CAN DO NOTHING. The transition from John 15:4 to John 15:5 app...
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...
YE THE BRANCHES (υμεις τα κληματα). Jesus repeats and applies the metaphor of verse John 15:1.APART FROM ME (χωρις εμου). See Ephesians 2:12 for χωρις Χριστου. There is nothing for a broken off br...
John 15:5 Jesus, the Source of Spiritual Blessing to men I. When men speak, as they do now, so much of Jesus Christ as only one amongst the many great teachers and benefactors of our race, does it no...
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,_ Now we know where to find the true Church. It is to be found only in Christ and in those who are joined to him in mystical but real union: «I am the true vine,» John...
On the way from the supper table to the garden of Gethsemane, or while still lingering in the upper room, our Lord spoke this wondrous parable. John 15:1. _I am the true vine,-_ All other vines are...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ All other vines were but types and shadows; Christ is the substance; God's ideal vine; «the true vine.» Israel was a vine; the figure...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ If you want to know where the true Church is, Christ here tells you: «I am the true vine.» All who are in Christ are in the true Chur...
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. _...
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...
YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. He is the Real Vine (John 15:1). Now he declares that each disciple is a branch on the Real Vine....
_I am the Vine, ye are the branches_ THE TRUE BRANCHES OF THE TRUE VINE No wise teacher is ever afraid of repeating himself. The average mind requires the reiteration of truth before it can make th...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:5 NOTHING. Nothing of eternal value, that is, no spiritual fruit. ⇐ ⇔
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...
_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 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Corinthians 12:27; 1 Peter 2:4;...
Without me [χ ω ρ ι ς ε μ ο υ]. Properly, apart from me. So Rev. Compare John 1:3; Ephesians 2:12....
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,...