Three years — Christ was then in the third year of his ministry. But it may mean only several years; a certain number being put for an uncertain. Why doth it also cumber the ground? — That is, not only bear no fruit itself, but take up the ground of another tree that would.
LUKE 13:7 e;kkoyon @ou=n# {C} In order to reflect the balance of external evidence for and against the inclusion of ou=n, as well as the absence of any compelling consideration relating to transcript...
Verse Luke 13:7. _BEHOLD THESE THREE YEARS_] From this circumstance in the parable, it may be reasonably concluded that Jesus had been, at the time of saying this, exercising his ministry for three y...
THE DRESSER OF HIS VINEYARD - The man whose duty it was to trim the vines and take care of his vineyard. THESE THREE YEARS - These words are not to be referred to the time which Christ had been preach...
CHAPTER 13 __ 1. The Necessity of Repentance. (Luke 13:1 .) 2. The Barren Fig Tree. (Luke 13:6) 3. The Healing of a Daughter of Abraham. (Luke 13:10) 4. Parable of the Mustard Seed. ...
EXHORTATIONS TO REPENTANCE. The theme of Luke 12:57 is continued and illustrated by references to two incidents and by a parable. The section is peculiar to Lk. A company of Galilean pilgrims had come...
SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)...
Jesus spoke this parable, "A man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and did not find it. He said to the keeper of the vineyard, 'Look you--for the last three years...
UNTO. Greek. _pros.App-104._ DRESSER OF VINEYARD. One word in Greek. Occurs only here. Behold. Figure of speech _Asterismos.App-6._ THESE THREE YEARS. Can refer only to the period of the Lord's mini...
_unto the dresser of his vineyard_ It seems clear that in the truth which the parable shadows forth, Christ corresponds to the vine-dresser, and Jehovah to the owner (Isaiah 5:7). Some however prefer...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
ΠΡῸΣ ΤῸΝ�. It seems clear that in the truth which the parable shadows forth, Christ corresponds to the vine-dresser, and Jehovah to the owner (Isaiah 5:7). Some however prefer to see in the vine-dress...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
Luke 13:1-9. ACCIDENTS AND JUDGMENTS. THE BARREN FIG-TREE...
Ver 6. He spoke also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7. Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, t...
_AN EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE -- LUKE 13:1-9:_ Some people came to Jesus and told Him about Pilate killing people and mixing their blood with their sacrifices. It was a common held belief that disaste...
ΆΜΠΕΛΟΥΡΓΌΣ (G289) виноградарь (SB, 1:869-75). ΈΤ _пот. pl. от_ ΈΤΟΣ (G2094) год; вводный _пот._, который используется для выражения времени (BD, 79). Должно было пройти четыре года с момента высажив...
BEHOLD, THESE THREE YEARS I COME— See how long I have waited, even three years past, in vain, and still this fig-tree is entirely barren: cut it down; why should it any longer take up the place of bet...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Repentance Defined (Luke 13:1-9) 13 There were some present at that very time who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2And he...
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? THEN SAID HE UNTO THE DRESS...
57-59 Compare Mat_5:25-26; Pro_25:8. 1 There is a strong natural tendency to connect calamity with sin. Hardly any great disaster occurs but someone seeks to justify it on the ground that the victims...
THE GALILEANS KILLED BY PILATE. THE UNFRUITFUL FIG TREE. LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM 1-9. Three exhortations to repentance, of which the former two are based on recent events, and the third is a parable. A...
THE BARREN FIG TREE. This parable illustrates the warning (Luke 13:3; Luke 13:5), 'Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.' A certain man (God) had a fig tree (the Jewish nation) in his vineya...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 PEOPLE NEED TO TURN TO GOD 13:1-9 Two incidents and a *parable all teach that people need to turn to God. They must do this so that they avoid pun...
WHY CUMBERETH IT THE GROUND_?_ — The Greek verb means more than that the fig-tree was what we call a useless burden or incumbrance, and implies positive injury. It is commonly rendered by “bring to no...
ἀμπελουργόν, the vine-dresser (ἄμπελος, ἔργον) here only in N.T. ἰδοὺ, lo! as of one who has a right to complain. τρία ἔτη, three years, reckoned not from the planting of the tree (it is three years a...
_Parable of the barren fig tree_, peculiar to Lk., probably extemporised to embody the moral of the preceding narratives; takes the place in Lk. of the cursing of the fig tree in Mt. and Mk....
BOTH REPENTANCE AND FRUITFULNESS REQUIRED Luke 13:1-9 Our Lord did not hesitate to hang great lessons on passing events. It is a great art to lead men's thoughts from the outward and transient to th...
Someone brought to our Lord an account of a happening which seemed to suggest that those who suffered catastrophe are proved to be "sinners above all." He directly contradicted that view, and in that...
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why (c) cumbereth it the ground? (c) Make the ground barren...
THE FIG-TREE Luke 13:6-9. “And He spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree, which had been planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. And he said to the vinedres...
10. _Conversation on two Events of the Day: Luke 13:1-9_. Luke does not say that the following event took place immediately after the preceding, but only in a general way, ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ (Luke 13:1)...
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these thr...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
_THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF LIFE_ ‘A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.… And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this ye...
Now, at this moment they reminded Him of a terrible judgment that had fallen upon some among them. He declares to them that neither this case, nor another which He recalls to their minds, is exception...
THEN SAID HE UNTO THE DRESSER OF THE VINEYARD,.... If by the owner of the vineyard is meant God the Father, then by the dresser of the vineyard Jesus Christ is intended; but as he seems rather designe...
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? Ver. 7. _Cut it down_] Trees t...
_And he spake also this parable_ With a view to awaken them more effectually to a deep and serious repentance: _A certain man had a fig-tree in his vineyard_ And because it was planted in good soil, _...
THEN SAID HE UNTO THE DRESSER OF HIS VINEYARD, BEHOLD, THESE THREE YEARS I COME SEEKING FRUIT ON THIS FIG-TREE, AND FIND NONE; CUT IT DOWN; WHY CUMBERETH IT THE GROUND?...
The parable of the fig-tree:...
REPENT OR PERISH (vs.1-9) This chapter shows that righteousness by itself provides no hope for man, but presses upon us the solemn lesson of repentance. Thus it prepares the way for Chapter s 14 and...
6-9 This parable of the barren fig-tree is intended to enforce the warning given just before: the barren tree, except it brings forth fruit, will be cut down. This parable in the first place refers to...
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Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VIII (This seed is) a refuge for the terror-stricken, a shelter of the naked, a veil for modesty, (and) the sought-for produce, to which He came in search ...
Luke 13:7 Then G1161 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 vineyard G289 Look G2400 (G5628) three G5140 years...
“And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and have found none. Cut it down. Why does it also act as a burden on the ground?” It appears tha...
Luke 13:7. VINE-DRESSER. The cultivator of the vineyard. THESE THREE YEARS. The planted tree would ordinarily bear within three years. Whatever be the special interpretation, this period indicates th...
Luke 13:6-9. THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE. Peculiar to Luke. Two interpretations are given below. The connection is obvious: This judgment will speedily come, for God has been long patient, is s...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
TIME. We have no further information as to the time of the massacre mentioned in Luke 13:1, tidings of which seem to have just arrived. Views: 1. The time was immediately after the discourse of chap....
THE VINEDRESSER (τον αμπελουργον). Old word, but here only in the N.T., from αμπελος, vine, and εργον, work.THESE THREE YEARS I COME (τρια ετη αφ' ου ερχομα). Literally, "three years since (from w...
Luke 13:7 Fit to Live. Men ask, "Are you fit to die?" and men hold up death before the sinner's eyes, and men dwell in solemn warning on the world to come, and on far-off images of death. But God ask...
Luke 13:6 The Barren Fig Tree. I. God has placed us in the most favourable circumstances for the bringing forth of fruit. The privileges of the Jews were small in comparison with those which we enjo...
Luke 13:6. _He spake also this parable, A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none._ Let us, every one, read this parable as if our Lor...
Luke 13:1. _There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices._ This was a matter of common town talk, so of course they bro...
Luke 13:6. _He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none._ It was a fig tree, a fruit-bearing tree by profess...
CONTENTS: Parable of barren fig tree. Woman loosed from her infirmity. Parable of mustard seed and leaven. Jesus teaching on way to Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Galileans, Pilate, infirm woman, rule...
Luke 13:1. _There were some present at that season_ of the passover, _that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their_ _sacrifices._ Though this might be blood for blood, yet...
A MAN HAD A FIG TREE. A common fruit. It symbolizes the entire Jewish nation here. BUT FOUND NONE. They did not honor God with their lives! LOOK, FOR THREE YEARS. This is how long Jesus had been teach...
_A certain man had a fig-tree_ THE BARREN FIG-TREE I. THE FAVOURABLE POSITION IN WHICH THIS TREE WAS PLACED. In a “vineyard”; not on some neglected waste-ground. Under culture and care. This is the...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 13:6 This parable symbolizes Israel’s last opportunity to repent before experiencing God’s judgment. DIG AROUND IT implies loosening the soil so that water can flow easily to the roo...
CHAPTER 13 VER. 1. _Whose blood Pilate mingled._ That is, whom while they were sacrificing in Mount Gerizim in Samaria, Pilate slew. He slew them that their blood might be mingled with the blood of th...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 13:6. A CERTAIN MAN HAD A FIG-TREE.—This parable is peculiar to St. Luke, and tells of impending destruction because of long-continued abuse of God’s mercy. The fig-tree is the J...
EXPOSITION LUKE 13:1 _Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree._ LUKE 13:1 There were present at that season some that told...
Now there were present at that season (Luke 13:1) And, of course, now Luke may have gone on in a period of time. We don't know how much time elapsed between verse Luke 13:59 of chapter 12, and Luke 13...
Daniel 4:14; Exodus 32:10; John 15:2; John 15:6; Leviticus 19:23;...
These three years I come. The best texts insert ajf ou=, from which, or since. "It is three years from the time at which I came." Cut it down [ε κ κ ο ψ ο ν]. Rather, "cut it out" [ε κ] from among th...