John 15:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 disciples a long and excellent sermon, recorded in this and the following chapter. He began with the parable of thevine, taken from the vines that were growing around them on the mount of Olives. In this parable he taught them the excellency of his religion, and the nature of the relation which they stood in to him by their profession, and genuine experience thereof. Moreover, he explained to them the advantages which accrued to them from this relation. As the branches of the vine draw nourishment, and are made fruitful by their union to the stock, and by the care of the dresser; so the disciples of Christ, by the cordial belief of his religion, by the divine influences of the Spirit, and by the care of Providence, are made fruitful in holiness.