Luke 13:8 NIV

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 13:8

And he answering, said unto him, Lord ,.... Which, if understood of God the Father, may intend the intercession of Christ with him, who not only intercedes for his elect, for those that are unconverted, that they may be converted; and for converted ones, for the carrying on of the work of sanctification; for fresh discoveries of pardoning grace; for consolation and support under trouble; for their final perseverance, and eternal glorification: but also for his enemies, for profane sinners,... 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 13:6-9

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:8

And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it . The last year—the year of grace they who listened to him then were living in. It was the last summons to repentance, the final reminder to the old covenant people that to their high privileges as the chosen race there were duties attached. They prided themselves on the privileges, they utterly forgot the duties. The period represented by this last year included the preaching of John... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 13:8-9

Luke 13:8-9. 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, as he ever liveth, he continues to intercede for all unfruitful professors, and other sinners. And all faithful ministers of the gospel are intercessors for their flocks. They that dress the vineyard intercede for it, and pray for those to whom they preach. Observe, reader, the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 13:1-9

97. Warning to the Jewish nation (Luke 13:1-9)Two recent tragedies were fresh in the minds of the Jewish people. One was caused by Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, when he killed a number of Galilean Jews while they were offering sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem. The other was caused by the collapse of a tower that killed a number of Jerusalem citizens. Some Jews thought that because the victims of these tragedies met such terrible deaths, they must have been worse sinners than others.... 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 13:8

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 13:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 13:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 13:8-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 13:1-9

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