Luke 13:6 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 13:6-9

This parable is intended to enforce that word of warning immediately going before, ?Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish; except you be reformed, you will be ruined, as the barren tree, except it bring forth fruit, will be cut down.? I. This parable primarily refers to the nation and people of the Jews. God chose them for his own, made them a people near to him, gave them advantages for knowing and serving him above any other people, and expected answerable returns of duty and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 13:6-9

13:6-9 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 I have been coming and looking for fruit on this fig-tree, and I still am not finding any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the ground' 'Lord,' he answered him, 'let it be this year too, until I dig round about it and manure it, and if it bears fruit in the coming year, well and good;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 13:6

He spoke also this parable ,.... That is, Jesus spake, as the Persic version expresses it, that which follows; and at the same time, and upon the above occasion; setting forth the patience of God towards the Jewish nation, their unfruitfulness, and the danger of their being destroyed, in case of non-amendment: a certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard . This was not at all contrary to the law in Deuteronomy 22:9 "thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds": for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:6

A certain man - Many meanings are given to this parable, and divines may abound in them; the sense which our Lord designed to convey by it appears to be the following: - A person, τις , God Almighty. Had a fig tree, the Jewish Church. Planted in his vineyard - established in the land of Judea. He came seeking fruit - he required that the Jewish people should walk in righteousness, in proportion to the spiritual culture he bestowed on them. The vine-dresser - the Lord Jesus, for... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:6

Verse 6 6.He spoke also this parable. The substance of it is, that many are endured for a time who deserve to be cut off; but that they gain nothing by the delay, if they persist in their obstinacy. The wicked flattery, by which hypocrites are hardened, and become more obstinate, arises from this cause, that they do not think of their sins till they are compelled; and, therefore, so long as God winks at these, and delays his chastisements, they imagine that he is well satisfied with them. Thus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:1-9

Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:1-9

The barren fig tree. "At that season," or "at that particular time "-whilst the pleading, warning words which follow from the forty-ninth verse of the previous chapter are ringing in the ears of those around the Lord—some bystanders tell him of judgments which had actually been fulfilled, of Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. We have no information as to the particular event referred to. Riots, small insurrections, revolts from Roman authority, were by no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:1-21

The grace and progress of God's kingdom. We saw at the close of last chapter how urgent a matter it is to get reconciled to God. Luke, in constructing his Gospel, introduces us next to a cognate thought—the necessity of repentance if judgment is to be escaped. Let us take up the orderly thoughts as they are laid before us in this passage. I. JUDGMENT EXECUTED UPON OTHERS IS A CALL TO REPENTANCE ADDRESSED TO US . (Verses 1-5.) There was a disposition then, as there... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:6

He spake also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard . And then, without any further prelude, Jesus spoke this parable of the barren fig tree, which contained, in language scarcely veiled at all, warnings to Israel as a nation—the most sombre and threatening he had yet given utterance to. "Hear, O people," said the Master. "In the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is a fig tree, long planted there, but utterly unfruitful. It is now on its last trial; indeed, were it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:6-9

Fatal fruitlessness. We have to consider— I. THE PRIMARY SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PARABLE . What did the great Teacher intend his hearers to understand by his words? It was this (as I read it): 1 . The vineyard is the kingdom of God—that realm of truth and righteousness which he has been, from the beginning, establishing on the earth. 2 . Israel is the fig tree which God planted in his vineyard—a fig tree in a vineyard; there not by any natural right, but at the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 13:6-9

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 13:6-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 13:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:6-9

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