John 15:6

τὸ should probably be inserted before πῦρ with אAB: omitted as less usual; comp. Matthew 3:10; Matthew 7:19; Luke 3:9.

6. ἐβλήθη ἔξω. Is cast out of the vineyard. The vineyard is a further enlargement of the idea. The aorist shews the inevitable nature of the consequence: he is already cast out and withered by the very fact of not abiding in Christ. Winer, p. 345. These words were spoken in spring, the time for pruning vines. Heaps of burning twigs may have been in sight. This part of the picture looks forward to the day of judgment. Meanwhile the cast-out branch may be grafted in again (Romans 11:23) and the dead branch may be raised to life again (John 5:21; John 5:25). With συνάγουσιν, they gather, comp. αἰτοῦσιν, Luke 12:20 : the nominative is quite indefinite. Αὐτά refers to τὰ κλήματα implied in ἐάν τις.