“ I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. ”
I am the true vine - Some have supposed that this discourse was delivered in the room where the Lord’s Supper was instituted, and that, as they had made use of wine, Jesus took occasion from that...
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 int...
John 15. The Vine. The relation of the following Chapter s to 14 has been discussed. The Parœ mia, or parable-like discourse, reminds us of the parable or metaphor of the Good Shepherd in ch. 10. T...
I am. See on John 14:6 true . real. App-175. vine . Three trees are used in the N.T. to teach important lessons. The fig is used by our Lord to show the causes of the doom of Israel. In Roma...
1. I am the true Vine. The general meaning of this comparison is, that we are, by nature, barren and dry, except in so far as we have been engrafted into Christ, and draw from him a power wh...
DISCOURSE: 1690 CHRISTIANS BRANCHES OF THE TRUE VINE John 15:1-2 . I am the vine, and my Father is the husband-man. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch tha...
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. I am the true vine - Perhaps the vines which they met with, on their road from Bethany to Gethsemane, might have given rise to this discourse. Som...
I am the true vine,— Our Lord, having gone with his disciples to the mount of Olives, (see the last note of the former chapter,) spent the remaining hours of his ministryin preaching to his discipl...
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. By a figure familiar to Jewish ears ( Isaiah 5:1-7 ; Ezekiel 15:1 ; etc.) Jesus here beautifully sets forth the spiritual Oneness of Himsel...
The true vine ] i.e. the ideally perfect vine. 'The vine was the symbol of Israel, not in their national but in their church capacity' (Edersheim): cp. Psalms 80:8 ; Isaiah 5:1 ; Jeremiah 2:21 ;...
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 nothin...
John 15:1-12 XII. 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...
the Condition of Fruitfulness John 15:1-9 The vine is not able to do its work in the world without its branches; they stretch far from the root, to bear its strength and sweetness to those who...
Our Lord now uttered the great allegory of the vine. Certain words in it arrest our attention, "the vine," "the branches," "the fruit." The close interrelationship between these is emphasized, and ou...
CONTENTS The Lord continues his Discourse through the whole of this Chapter. Under the Similitude of a Vine and the Branches, Jesus describes his Union with his Church. In the close of the Chapter,...
I am the true vine ,.... The fruit of which he had been just speaking of at supper with his disciples; and then informs them, that he himself is the vine from whence that fruit must be expected, whi...
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Ver. 1. I am the true vine, &c. ] Our Saviour's way lying (as it is thought) by the vineyards, he takes that occasion of comparing himself...
I am , &c. Our Lord having gone with his disciples to the mount of Olives, employed the remaining hours of his ministry in delivering to them a long and most excellent discourse, recorded in thi...
THE MINISTRY OF EXHORTATION CHRIST THE TRUE VINE (vs.1-8) The Lord's ministry of comfort, or of binding up, has been seen in chapter 14. Now in chapter 15 it is that of stirring up, or of exhorta...
Christ the True Vine. 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taket...
JOHN CHAPTER 15 1 Thessalonians 15:1-11 Under the parable of a vine Christ sets forth God's government of his church, and exhorts his disciples to abide in his faith and doctrine. 1 Thessalonia...
“I am the true vine”. In Psalms 80:8 Israel is likened to a vine which God planted, but although its beginnings were promising and it seemed to flourish, the Psalmist goes on to say, ‘the stock wh...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 15:1 . True vine .—Christ and the disciples were now on the way to Gethsemane. Their passing through the vineyards, etc., surrounding the city may have sugges...
true "True" in contrast with Israel. ( Isaiah 5:1-7 ).
John 15:1 . I am the true vine, Now we know where to find the true Church. It is to be found only in Christ and in those who are joined to him in mystical but real union: «I am the true vine,»...
John 15:1 . I am the true vine. The vine through every age had designated the Hebrew church; here the Lord employs it to designate the Christian church, of which he is the head, and the source of...
I am the True Vine The origin of the allusion Most of our Lord’s figurative discourses were obviously suggested by some outward thing. What was the visible object here? It could hardly have or...
EXPOSITION John 15:1-43 (7) The parable of the vine and its branches . Incorporation of the disciples into one personality with himself . The image of the vine may have been suggeste...
I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman.
1 Corinthians 3:9 ; 1 John 2:8 ; Ezekiel 15:2-6 ; Genesis 49:10 ; Genesis 49:11 ; Hosea 10:1 ; Isaiah 27:2 ; Isaiah 27:3 ; Isaiah 4:2 ; Isaiah 5:1 ; Isaiah 60:21 ; Isaiah 61:3 ; Jeremiah...
The Holy Ghost John 15:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are confronted with one of the great themes of Scripture. The word "Ghost" is an old English word meaning "guest." The Holy Spirit is the Holy...
I am the true vine — So the true bread, John 6:32 ; that is, the most excellent.