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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 15:1

1-8. The spiritual oneness of Christ and His people, and His relation to them as the Source of all their spiritual life and fruitfulness, are here beautifully set forth by a figure familiar to Jewish ears ( :-, &c.). I am the true vine—of whom the vine of nature is but a shadow. my Father is the husbandman—the great Proprietor of the vineyard, the Lord of the spiritual kingdom. (It is surely unnecessary to point out the claim to supreme divinity involved in this). read more

Thomas Constable

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

This is the last of Jesus’ "I am" claims in this Gospel. [Note: See John C. Hutchinson, "The Vine in John 15 and Old Testament Imagery in the ’I Am’ Statements," Bibliotheca Sacra 168:669 (January-March 2011):63-80.] Jesus and His Father occupy different roles in this extended metaphor.Jesus is the true (Gr. alethinos, cf. John 1:9; John 6:32) vine. The Old Testament writers frequently used this plant to describe Israel (Psalms 89:9-16; Isaiah 5:1-7; Isaiah 27:2; Jeremiah 2:21; Jeremiah 12:10;... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 15:1-8

The vine and the branches metaphor 15:1-8Jesus often used a grapevine to describe the nation of Israel (cf. Matthew 20:1-16; Matthew 21:23-41; Mark 12:1-9; Luke 13:6-9; Luke 20:9-16). The vine as a symbol of Israel appears on coins of the Maccabees. [Note: Morris, p. 593.] Here Jesus used the vine metaphorically of Himself. One can hardly escape the inference that Jesus viewed Himself as the fulfillment of Israel. Covenant theologians like to think of the church as the fulfillment of Israel,... 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

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:1-27

The True Yine. The Witness of the Comforter and of the Apostles1-17. The allegory of the True Vine and its interpretation. The metaphor of ’the vine’ was suggested by ’the fruit of the vine’ which had just been consecrated in the Holy Supper (Matthew 26:29), and the allegory was intended to illustrate the main idea underlying that holy rite, viz. union with Christ. It sets forth Christ as the sole source of spiritual life, and of Christian sanctity. As long as the spiritual union between Christ... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 15:1

(1) I am the true vine.—For the word “true,” comp. Note on John 1:9. The ideal truth, of which the natural vine is a figure, is fulfilled in Him. The thought is introduced suddenly, and with nothing in the context to lead up to it. The natural explanation of this is, that here, as in other instances, it was suggested by some external object which met the eye. If we suppose (comp. Note on John 14:31) that they were crossing the valley on the way to Gethsemane, there is reason for the idea that... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - John 15:1-27

Christ's Appropriations John 15:0 We shall find some jewel sentences in the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel according to John. The expressions shortly to be quoted may be designated the Appropriations of Christ. He seemed to c aim certain things, ideas, principles, emotions, as peculiarly His own. Christ may be said to be before us now as a great proprietor, talking so clearly, though not too loudly, of the things which belong to Himself. The governing word is 'My'. He goes as it were around... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - John 15:1-12

elete_me John 15:1-12XII. THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES."Arise, let us go hence. I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in Me. I am the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - John 15:1-27

CHAPTER 15 1. The Vine and the Branch. (John 15:1-8 .) 2. Communion with Him and its Conditions.(John 15:9-16 .) 3. Love One Another! and the Hatred of the World. (John 15:17-27 .) Israel is called a vine in the Old Testament (Psalms 80:8 ; Isaiah 5:1-8 ; Jeremiah 2:21 ; Hosea 10:1 ) and Christ here in this parable takes the place of Israel and is the true vine. His disciples are the branches. Israel under the law covenant could not bear fruit for God, as the law cannot be the source of... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - John 15:1

15:1 I {1} am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.(1) We are by nature dry and fit for nothing but the fire. Therefore, in order that we may live and be fruitful, we must first be grafted into Christ, as it were into a vine, by the Father’s hand: and then be daily moulded with a continual meditation of the word, and the cross: otherwise it will not avail any man at all to have been grafted unless he cleaves fast to the vine, and so draws juice out of it. read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 15:1

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 15:1-8

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

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:1-27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 15:1

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - John 15:1-27

Expositor's Bible Commentary - John 15:1-12

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - John 15:1-27

Geneva Study Bible - John 15:1

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