John 15:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. ”

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

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 frien...
John 15:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. (4)...
John 15:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

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...
John 15:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. Henceforth I will not call you servants. By another argument he shows his love toward the disciples, which was, that he opened his mind fully to them, as familiar communication is mainta...
John 15:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1696 CHRIST’S FOLLOWERS HIS FRIENDS John 15:15 . Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things tha...
John 15:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Hencefort...
John 15:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. H...
John 15:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The True Yine. The Witness of the Comforter and of the Apostles 1-17. The allegory of the True Vine and its interpretation. The metaphor of 'the vine' was suggested by 'the fruit of the vine' whic...
John 15:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Henceforth I call you not servants. — Better, I call you no longer, or, I do not still call you, servants. (Comp. John 14:30 .) For the word “servant,” as applied to them, comp. John 12:26 ;...
John 15:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XIII. NOT SERVANTS, BUT FRIENDS. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are My friends, if ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I ca...
John 15:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“I Have Called You Friends” John 15:10-16 We must estimate the Father's love to Jesus before we can measure His love to us. We are told to love one another with the same love, but enabling powe...
John 15:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
John 15:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. (10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his lo...
John 15:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

FRIENDS OF JESUS ‘Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I have made know...
John 15:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Henceforth I call you not servants ,.... As they and the rest of the people of God had been, under the legal dispensation; for though they were children, yet differed nothing from servants; and were...
John 15:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ver. 1...
John 15:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 fri...
John 15:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
John 15:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Love to His Disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my comm...
John 15:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By his saying, I call you not servants, he doth not discharge them of that duty and service which they owed to him; for in pressing them to obey his commandments, he declares that duty they owed to...
John 15:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2). As the New Israel the Disciples Are To Love One Another ( John 15:12-17 ). The fruit required of the branches of the vine is now clearly expressed. As branches of the true Vine they are to lov...
John 15:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
John 15:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

Henceforth Progressive intimacy in John : Servants, ( John 13:13 ); Friends ( John 15:15 ); Brethren, ( John 20:17 ).
John 15:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Thus speaks the Lord Jesus: John 15:1 . I am the true vine, Many questions have been raised about which is the true Church; the Saviour answers them, «I am the true vine.» All who are united, re...
John 15:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
John 15:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

This is My commandment, that ye love one another The great commandment of Christ I. THE LOVE OF CHRIST. Remember 1. How free it was. We did not merit it, ask for it, nor even desire it. And...
John 15:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
John 15:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I have made known unto you.
John 15:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:9-12 ; 1 Peter 1:11 ; 2 Kings 6:8-12 ; 2 Peter 1:1 ; Acts 20:27 ; Amos 3:7 ; Colossians 1:26 ; Ephesians 1:9 ; Ephesians 3:5 ; Galatians 4:6 ; Genesis 18:17-19 ; James 1:1...
John 15:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
John 15:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

All things — Which might be of service to you.

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

John 15:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

John 15:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 15:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 15:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 15:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

John 15:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 15:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

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

John 15:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 15:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 15:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 15:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 15:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 15:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John 15:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 15:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 15:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 15:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 15:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 15:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 15:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 15:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 15:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

John 15:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 15:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 15:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 15:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 15:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 15:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 15:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 15:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes