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The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:15

No longer do I call you servants, bond-slaves. True, he had in this very discourse spoken of them as his δοῦλοι , ( John 13:13 , John 13:16 ). Again and again in his parabolic teaching he had spoken of his disciples as servants of a Lord ( Matthew 13:27 ; Matthew 22:4 ; Luke 12:37 ; and John 12:26 , where another word is used). And moreover, later on in this very chapter ( John 15:20 ), the word and thought return, so that this relation to him, gloried in by St. Paul ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:15

Servants and friends. Not at all infrequently one who begins as a servant advances in regard till he becomes a friend. Opportunities arise for friendship, and both parties make the most of them. It is a poor business to make service a mere matter of commercial contract. Jesus must have noticed again and again this beautiful absorption of the servant in the friend; his disciples, too, would know of like instances. Jesus and his disciples had been constantly together, and thus the way was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 15:15

I call you not servants - This had been the common title by which he addressed them Matthew 10:24-25; John 12:26; John 13:13; but he had also before this, on one occasion, called them friends Luke 12:4, and on one occasion after this he called them servants, John 15:20. He here means that the ordinary title by which he would hence forth address them would be that of friends.The servant knoweth not ... - He receives the command of his master without knowing the reason why this or that thing is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 15:13-16

John 15:13-16. Greater love To his friends, (of whom here he only speaks,) hath no man than this That is, a greater degree of love than this never existed in the world; that a man lay down his life for his friends That a man should be willing, not only on some sudden alarm, or in some extraordinary and unexpected danger, to hazard his life on their account; but on the coolest deliberation, to submit to lay it down for their preservation and happiness. Ye are my friends Ye are the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 15:1-27

145. Union with Jesus (John 15:1-27)In themselves believers have no life, strength or spiritual power. All that they have comes from Jesus Christ. If he is likened to a vine, they are likened to the branches, which means that they can bear spiritual fruit only as they are united in him. As they allow the Father to remove the hindrances of sin from their lives, they will bear even more fruit (John 15:1-5).Those who bear no fruit are like the dead branches of a vine. Though attached to it, they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 15:15

Henceforth . . . not = No longer. Greek. ouketi, compound of ou. servants = bondservants. knoweth . App-132 . not. Greek. ou. App-105 . lord. Greek kurios. App-98 . of = with. Greek para. App-104 . have made known = made known (Aor.) read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 15:15

John 15:15. Henceforth I call you not servants;— "Though the distance that is between you and me, and your obligations to obey me, might have warranted me to treat you as servants, and particularly to conceal from you my counsels and designs, I have not acted in this manner towards you; but I have treated you as friends use to be treated. I have admitted you into all the familiarities of friendship; for I have communicated to you, as far as was convenient, and as much as in your present... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 15:15

15. Henceforth I call you not servants—that is, in the sense explained in the next words; for servants He still calls them ( :-), and they delight to call themselves so, in the sense of being "under law to Christ" ( :-). the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth—knows nothing of his master's plans and reasons, but simply receives and executes his orders. but . . . friends, for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you—admitted you to free, unrestrained fellowship,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 15:1-16

5. The importance of abiding in Jesus 15:1-16Jesus continued to prepare His disciples for His departure. He next taught the Eleven the importance of abiding in Him with the result that they would produce much spiritual fruit. He dealt with their relationships to Himself, one another, and the world around them in chapter 15. Their responsibilities were to abide, to love, and to testify respectively."If in the Discourse recorded in the fourteenth chapter of St. John’s Gospel the Godward aspect of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 15:9-16

The exposition of themes in the metaphor 15:9-16Jesus proceeded to expound further on some of the themes that He had introduced in His teaching on the vine and the branches (John 15:1-8). We observed the same pattern in Jesus’ teaching about the Good Shepherd in chapter 10. The subject moves generally from the believing disciple’s relationship with God to his or her relationship with other believers. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:15

The Pulpit Commentary - John 15:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 15:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 15:13-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 15:1-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 15:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 15:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 15:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 15:1-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 15:9-16

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