John 15:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. ”

• John 15:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Ye also shall bear witness - You shall be witnesses to the world to urge on them the evidences that the Lord Jesus is the Messiah. Have been with me - They had for more than three years seen...

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• John 15:27 - 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...

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• John 15:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  shall bear witness . testify, or are testifying (present). ye have been . ye are. with . Greek. meta. App-104. from the beginning . See note on John 8:44 .

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• John 15:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  27. And you also bear testimony. Christ means that the testimony of the Spirit will not be of such a nature that the apostles shall have it for their private advantage, or that they alone...

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• John 15:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].

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• John 15:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And ye also shalt bear witness,— "In process of time men's eyes shall be opened, to discern the authority of your testimony. They shall give credit to your reports concerning me, because you have b...

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• John 15:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. And ye also - as the other witness required to the validity of testimony among men ( Deuteronomy 19:15 ) Sh...

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• John 15:27 - 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...

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• John 15:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And ye also shall bear witness. — The tense is present, and ye also bear witness; or, and ye also are witnesses. (Comp. Notes on Luke 24:48-49 .) The Apostles themselves distinguished between...

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• John 15:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XIV. THE SPIRIT CHRIST'S WITNESS. "If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated Me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of t...

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• John 15:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Suffering for Jesus' Sake John 15:17-27 We have been appointed for the one purpose of bearing imperishable fruit, but our holy service to the world will never be appreciated. The world has its...

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• John 15:27 - 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...

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• John 15:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. (27) And ye also shall bear witness, bec...

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• John 15:27 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  WITNESS-BEARING ‘He shall testify of Me: And ye also shall bear witness.’ John 15:26-27 There seem to be three points noticeable in this passage. I. The Comforter is coming .—Who is He? A...

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• John 15:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And ye shall also bear witness ,.... That is, of Christ; of all the things he did in Jerusalem, and in the land of the Jews; being eyewitnesses, and ministers, or servants of the word, who constantl...

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• John 15:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. Ver. 27. And ye also shall bear witness ] Thus Word and Spirit go together, according to the promise, Isaiah 59:2...

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• John 15:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  If I had not done among them , &c. If I had wrought no miracle at all among them; nay, if I had not done such extraordinary works as no other man ever did, not even their prophets, or Moses hims...

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• John 15:27 - 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...

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• John 15:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Comforter Announced.       26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth,...

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• John 15:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  He adds also, they should testify, &c.: the apostles, and their successors, by the preaching of the gospel; but particularly the apostles, Acts 10:39 1 John 1:2,3 , being chosen witnesses,...

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• John 15:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  4). The Spirit of Truth and the Disciples Must Bear Witness Together ( John 15:26-27 ). The disciples, however, need not fear. They will not be left without assistance. For Jesus will send to them...

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• John 15:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 15:18 . If the world hate you, etc .—He now directs the attention of the disciples to their relation toward the world. Christ loves His disciples, the world...

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• John 15:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 15:26-27 The Promise of the Spirit witnessing of Christ in the world I. There is to be a testifying of the Spirit in the world, corresponding to our testifying to the world. His testifying i...

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• John 15:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Many of you know the words of this chapter by heart; you could repeat them without a mistake. May the savor of them abide in your hearts even as the letter of them abides in your memory! John 15:1...

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• John 15:27 - 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...

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• John 15:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But when the Comforter is come The Holy Spirit: His work and mission I. THE HOLY SPIRIT. 1. Our text speaks of the Holy Spirit as a Person. “He shall testify;” “and ye also” (see also Joh_16...

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• John 15:27 - 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...

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• John 15:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The hatred of the world and the testimony of the Spirit:

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• John 15:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 1:1 ; 1 John 1:2 ; 1 Peter 5:1 ; 1 Peter 5:12 ; 2 Peter 1:16-18 ; Acts 1:21 ; Acts 1:22 ; Acts 1:8 ; Acts 10:39-42 ; Acts 13:31 ; Acts 18:5 ; Acts 23:11 ; Acts 3:15 ; Acts 4:20 ;...

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