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LUKE 13:9 eivj to. me,llon\ eiv de. mh, ge {B}
The more difficult reading (attested by î75 a B L _al_), which
involves aposiopesis (a sudden breaking off in the middle of a
sentence), was ameliorated...
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CHAPTER 13
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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. ...
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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...
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SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)...
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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...
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IF, &c. App-118.
NOT. Greek. _mege,_ compound of _me._ App-105.
AFTER THAT in (Greek. _eis._ App-104.) the future.
THOU SHALT. Note, not. will....
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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...
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_if it bear fruit_, _well_ The _-well_" is not in the original, the
idiom being a common but striking _aposiopesis:_i.e. the conclusion of
the sentence is left to the speaker's imagination. The phrase...
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ΚἊΝ ΜῈΝ ΠΟΙΉΣΗΙ ΚΑΡΠῸΝ ΕἸΣ ΤῸ
ΜΈΛΛΟΝ. The “_well_” (καλῶς ἔχει) is not in the
original, the idiom being a common but striking _aposiopesis_: i.e.
the conclusion of the sentence is left to the speaker’...
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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...
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Luke 13:1-9. ACCIDENTS AND JUDGMENTS. THE BARREN FIG-TREE...
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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...
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_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...
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AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT, WELL:— _Perhaps it may bear fruit; but if
not,_ &c. Heylin and Doddridge. In the original there is something of
an abrupt wayof speaking in this passage, of which the reader will...
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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...
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And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt
cut it down.
AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT, [WELL] - all then will yet be right;
AND IF NOT, THEN AFTER THAT THOU SHALT CUT IT DOWN - I...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT. — Some of the better MSS. have, _if it bear
fruit in the time to come_... With either reading the sentence is
elliptical, and the insertion of “well,” as in the English, is
neede...
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_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....
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εἰς τὸ μέλλον : if it bear _the coming year_ well (εὖ
ἔχει understood). ἐκκόψεις, if not, _thou shalt cut it
down_ thou, not I. It depends on the master, though the vinedresser
tacitly recognises that...
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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...
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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...
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_And if happily it bear fruit. It is a way of speaking, when a
sentence is left imperfect; yet what is not expressed, may be easily
understood; as here we may understand, well and good, or the like.
...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT, WELL,.... If hereby barren professors, as the
Jews, become fruitful, it is well, a good thing is done; it is well
for themselves, they shall eat the fruit of their doings; it is...
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And if it bear fruit, _well_ : and if not, _then_ after that thou
shalt cut it down.
Ver. 9. _Then after that thou shalt cut it down_] The fig tree, they
say, if it bear not the fourth year after it...
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_And he said, Let it alone this year also_ Here we have the
vine-dresser's intercession for the barren fig-tree. Thus Christ the
great Intercessor interceded for the Jewish Church and people, and
thus...
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If those who enjoy the means of grace neglect them, and bring forth no
fruits of holiness, God, in due time, will remove all such blessings
from them, and leave them to endless barrenness and death....
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AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT, WELL; AND IF NOT, THEN AFTER THAT THOU SHALT CUT
IT DOWN.
A word-picture preaching an earnest lesson. A certain man, apparently
one of means, had a fig-tree planted in his vineya...
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The parable of the fig-tree:...
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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...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 13:6...
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Luke 13:9 if G2579 G3303 bears G4160 (G5661) fruit G2590 not G1490
that G1519 G3195 (G572
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Luke 13:9. AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT AFTER THAT, WELL. ‘After that,' or
‘hereafter,' belongs to this part of the verse. This indefinite
phrase in the request hints at still further patience. ‘Well' is
prop...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT THENCEFORTH
(κ'αν μεν ποιηση καρπον εις το μελλον).
Aposiopesis, sudden breaking off for effect (Robertson, _Grammar_, p.
1203). See it also in Mark 11:32; Acts 23:9. Trench (_P...
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Luke 13:9
The first thing which strikes us, perhaps, in this transaction is its
individuality. There must have been many vines and many fig trees in
the vineyard; but the story is told as if the whole...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Thessalonians 2:15; Daniel 9:5; Ezra 9:14; Ezra 9:15; Hebrews 6:8;...
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And if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after that. Join after
that with bear fruit. "If it bear fruit for the future (eijv to
mellon, Rev., thenceforth), well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down...