And if happily it bear fruit. It is a way of speaking, when a sentence is left imperfect; yet what is not expressed, may be easily understood; as here we may understand, well and good, or the like. (Witham)
LUKE 13:9 eivj to. me,llon\ eiv de. mh, ge {B} The more difficult reading (attested by î75 a B L _al_), which involves aposiopesis (a sudden breaking off in the middle of a sentence), was ameliorated...
CHAPTER 13 __ 1. The Necessity of Repentance. (Luke 13:1 .) 2. The Barren Fig Tree. (Luke 13:6) 3. The Healing of a Daughter of Abraham. (Luke 13:10) 4. Parable of the Mustard Seed. ...
EXHORTATIONS TO REPENTANCE. The theme of Luke 12:57 is continued and illustrated by references to two incidents and by a parable. The section is peculiar to Lk. A company of Galilean pilgrims had come...
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...
SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)...
IF, &c. App-118. NOT. Greek. _mege,_ compound of _me._ App-105. AFTER THAT in (Greek. _eis._ App-104.) the future. THOU SHALT. Note, not. will....
_if it bear fruit_, _well_ The _-well_" is not in the original, the idiom being a common but striking _aposiopesis:_i.e. the conclusion of the sentence is left to the speaker's imagination. The phrase...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
Luke 13:1-9. ACCIDENTS AND JUDGMENTS. THE BARREN FIG-TREE...
ΚἊΝ ΜῈΝ ΠΟΙΉΣΗΙ ΚΑΡΠῸΝ ΕἸΣ ΤῸ ΜΈΛΛΟΝ. The “_well_” (καλῶς ἔχει) is not in the original, the idiom being a common but striking _aposiopesis_: i.e. the conclusion of the sentence is left to the speaker’...
Ver 6. He spoke also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7. Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, t...
_AN EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE -- LUKE 13:1-9:_ Some people came to Jesus and told Him about Pilate killing people and mixing their blood with their sacrifices. It was a common held belief that disaste...
ΠΟΊΗΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, производить. _Conj._ в _conj._ 3 типа, предполагающем возможность условия, ΤΌ ΜΈΛΛΟΝ (G3195) на следующий год, на будущее. О строении этого предложен...
AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT, WELL:— _Perhaps it may bear fruit; but if not,_ &c. Heylin and Doddridge. In the original there is something of an abrupt wayof speaking in this passage, of which the reader will...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Repentance Defined (Luke 13:1-9) 13 There were some present at that very time who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2And he...
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT, [WELL] - all then will yet be right; AND IF NOT, THEN AFTER THAT THOU SHALT CUT IT DOWN - I...
57-59 Compare Mat_5:25-26; Pro_25:8. 1 There is a strong natural tendency to connect calamity with sin. Hardly any great disaster occurs but someone seeks to justify it on the ground that the victims...
THE BARREN FIG TREE. This parable illustrates the warning (Luke 13:3; Luke 13:5), 'Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.' A certain man (God) had a fig tree (the Jewish nation) in his vineya...
THE GALILEANS KILLED BY PILATE. THE UNFRUITFUL FIG TREE. LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM 1-9. Three exhortations to repentance, of which the former two are based on recent events, and the third is a parable. A...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 PEOPLE NEED TO TURN TO GOD 13:1-9 Two incidents and a *parable all teach that people need to turn to God. They must do this so that they avoid pun...
AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT. — Some of the better MSS. have, _if it bear fruit in the time to come_... With either reading the sentence is elliptical, and the insertion of “well,” as in the English, is neede...
_Parable of the barren fig tree_, peculiar to Lk., probably extemporised to embody the moral of the preceding narratives; takes the place in Lk. of the cursing of the fig tree in Mt. and Mk....
εἰς τὸ μέλλον : if it bear _the coming year_ well (εὖ ἔχει understood). ἐκκόψεις, if not, _thou shalt cut it down_ thou, not I. It depends on the master, though the vinedresser tacitly recognises that...
BOTH REPENTANCE AND FRUITFULNESS REQUIRED Luke 13:1-9 Our Lord did not hesitate to hang great lessons on passing events. It is a great art to lead men's thoughts from the outward and transient to th...
Someone brought to our Lord an account of a happening which seemed to suggest that those who suffered catastrophe are proved to be "sinners above all." He directly contradicted that view, and in that...
THE FIG-TREE Luke 13:6-9. “And He spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree, which had been planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. And he said to the vinedres...
10. _Conversation on two Events of the Day: Luke 13:1-9_. Luke does not say that the following event took place immediately after the preceding, but only in a general way, ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ (Luke 13:1)...
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these thr...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
_THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF LIFE_ ‘A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.… And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this ye...
Now, at this moment they reminded Him of a terrible judgment that had fallen upon some among them. He declares to them that neither this case, nor another which He recalls to their minds, is exception...
AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT, WELL,.... If hereby barren professors, as the Jews, become fruitful, it is well, a good thing is done; it is well for themselves, they shall eat the fruit of their doings; it is...
And if it bear fruit, _well_ : and if not, _then_ after that thou shalt cut it down. Ver. 9. _Then after that thou shalt cut it down_] The fig tree, they say, if it bear not the fourth year after it...
_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...
If those who enjoy the means of grace neglect them, and bring forth no fruits of holiness, God, in due time, will remove all such blessings from them, and leave them to endless barrenness and death....
AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT, WELL; AND IF NOT, THEN AFTER THAT THOU SHALT CUT IT DOWN. A word-picture preaching an earnest lesson. A certain man, apparently one of means, had a fig-tree planted in his vineya...
The parable of the fig-tree:...
REPENT OR PERISH (vs.1-9) This chapter shows that righteousness by itself provides no hope for man, but presses upon us the solemn lesson of repentance. Thus it prepares the way for Chapter s 14 and...
6-9 This parable of the barren fig-tree is intended to enforce the warning given just before: the barren tree, except it brings forth fruit, will be cut down. This parable in the first place refers to...
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Luke 13:9. AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT AFTER THAT, WELL. ‘After that,' or ‘hereafter,' belongs to this part of the verse. This indefinite phrase in the request hints at still further patience. ‘Well' is prop...
Luke 13:6-9. THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE. Peculiar to Luke. Two interpretations are given below. The connection is obvious: This judgment will speedily come, for God has been long patient, is s...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
TIME. We have no further information as to the time of the massacre mentioned in Luke 13:1, tidings of which seem to have just arrived. Views: 1. The time was immediately after the discourse of chap....
AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT THENCEFORTH (κ'αν μεν ποιηση καρπον εις το μελλον). Aposiopesis, sudden breaking off for effect (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 1203). See it also in Mark 11:32; Acts 23:9. Trench (_P...
Luke 13:9 The first thing which strikes us, perhaps, in this transaction is its individuality. There must have been many vines and many fig trees in the vineyard; but the story is told as if the whole...
Luke 13:6 The Barren Fig Tree. I. God has placed us in the most favourable circumstances for the bringing forth of fruit. The privileges of the Jews were small in comparison with those which we enjo...
Luke 13:6. _He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none._ It was a fig tree, a fruit-bearing tree by profess...
Luke 13:1. _There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices._ This was a matter of common town talk, so of course they bro...
Luke 13:6. _He spake also this parable, A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none._ Let us, every one, read this parable as if our Lor...
CONTENTS: Parable of barren fig tree. Woman loosed from her infirmity. Parable of mustard seed and leaven. Jesus teaching on way to Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Galileans, Pilate, infirm woman, rule...
Luke 13:1. _There were some present at that season_ of the passover, _that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their_ _sacrifices._ Though this might be blood for blood, yet...
A MAN HAD A FIG TREE. A common fruit. It symbolizes the entire Jewish nation here. BUT FOUND NONE. They did not honor God with their lives! LOOK, FOR THREE YEARS. This is how long Jesus had been teach...
_A certain man had a fig-tree_ THE BARREN FIG-TREE I. THE FAVOURABLE POSITION IN WHICH THIS TREE WAS PLACED. In a “vineyard”; not on some neglected waste-ground. Under culture and care. This is the...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 13:6 This parable symbolizes Israel’s last opportunity to repent before experiencing God’s judgment. DIG AROUND IT implies loosening the soil so that water can flow easily to the roo...
CHAPTER 13 VER. 1. _Whose blood Pilate mingled._ That is, whom while they were sacrificing in Mount Gerizim in Samaria, Pilate slew. He slew them that their blood might be mingled with the blood of th...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 13:6. A CERTAIN MAN HAD A FIG-TREE.—This parable is peculiar to St. Luke, and tells of impending destruction because of long-continued abuse of God’s mercy. The fig-tree is the J...
EXPOSITION LUKE 13:1 _Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree._ LUKE 13:1 There were present at that season some that told...
Now there were present at that season (Luke 13:1) And, of course, now Luke may have gone on in a period of time. We don't know how much time elapsed between verse Luke 13:59 of chapter 12, and Luke 13...
1 Thessalonians 2:15; Daniel 9:5; Ezra 9:14; Ezra 9:15; Hebrews 6:8;...
And if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after that. Join after that with bear fruit. "If it bear fruit for the future (eijv to mellon, Rev., thenceforth), well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down...