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 apart from Me (John 1:3; Ephesians 2:12). Christians cannot live as such if severed from Christ. Nothing is here said about those who are not Christians; but there is a sense in which the words are true of them also.

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