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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 his work...
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CHAPTER 15
1. The Vine and the Branch. (John 15:1 .)
2. Communion with Him and its Conditions.(John 15:9 .)
3. Love One Another! and the Hatred of the World. (John 15:17 .)
Israel is called a vine...
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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. Two...
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YE ALSO SHALL BEAR WITNESS.
The apostles were double witnesses. They had been with Christ "from
the beginning" and knew all the facts. If he had been. deceiver they
would have known it. If he was true...
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THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES (John 15:1-10)...
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"When the Helper comes, the Helper whom I will send to you from my
Father, I mean the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father, he
will be a witness about me. And you will be witness about me b...
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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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_And ye also shall bear witness_ Better, NAY, YE ALSO BEAR WITNESS:
the verb is present, not future. It is also possible to take the verb
as an imperative (comp. John 15:18 and John 14:1), but the
con...
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ΚΑῚ ὙΜ. ΔῈ Μ. NAY, YE ALSO BEAR WITNESS, or NAY, BEAR YE
ALSO WITNESS (Winer, p. 53): but the conjunctions are against
μαρτυρεῖτε being imperative; comp. 3 John 1:12 and see on
John 15:18 and John 8:1...
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VER 26. BUT WHEN THE COMFORTER IS COME, WHOM I WILL SEND TO YOU FROM
THE FATHER, EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, WHICH PROCEEDS FROM THE FATHER,
HE SHALL TESTIFY OF ME. 27. AND YOU ALSO SHALL BEAR WITNESS,...
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ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΈΩ,
_см._ John 15:26. Форма может быть также
воспринята как _ind._ (Brown)....
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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 been...
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PERSEVERING UNION OF THE PERSECUTED
_Text 15:18-27_
18
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated
you.
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If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but be...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 15:17-27
The following is an Analysis of the closing section of John 15:—
A loving heart would feign discover or induce love everywhere. To be
ungratified in th...
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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)
SHALL BEAR...
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12 As the Lord had explained in His kingdom proclamation, the whole
law was included in the one word, love. Love to God and love to man is
far more than all the precepts of the law. So, in His final c...
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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' which
ha...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 15
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE *VINE AND THE BRANCHES 15:1-17
V1 Then Jesus said, ‘I am like the perfect *vine. My *Father...
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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.) The Apostles themselves distinguished between their ow...
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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 the w...
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καὶ ὑμεῖς δὲ μαρτυρεῖτε, “and do ye also
witness,” or, if indicative, “and ye also witness”. Most prefer
the indicative. “The disciples were already the witnesses which they
were to be in the future.”...
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to John 16:11. _The conquest of the world by the Spirit_....
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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 own go...
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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 our...
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_You shall give. He vouchsafes to join together the testimony of the
Holy Ghost, and of the apostles; that we many see the testimony of
truth, jointly to consist in the Holy Ghost, and in the prelates...
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CHAPTER 23
THE VALEDICTORY SERMON
John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that
celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary,
normally verified and abolished f...
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“ _But when the support shall have come, whom I will send you from
the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he shall
testify of me;_ 27. _and you also shall testify, because you a...
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REFLECTIONS
Reader! do not fail to observe the intimate oneness and union between
Christ and his Church. The vine and its branches are not more closely
formed in one, than Jesus and his people. Indeed...
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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, beca...
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In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant
of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for
man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
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_WITNESS-BEARING_
‘He shall testify of Me: And ye also shall bear witness.’
John 15:26
There seem to be three points noticeable in this passage.
I. THE COMFORTER IS COMING.—Who is He? A Divine per...
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_QUALIFICATIONS FOR WITNESS_
‘And ye also shall hear witness, because ye have been with Me from
the beginning.’
John 15:27
Here we see for what our Lord has been preparing His Apostles all
along du...
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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 shall enj...
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The beginning of this chapter, and that which relates to the vine,
belongs to the earthly portion to that which Jesus was on earth to His
relationship with His disciples as on the earth, and does not...
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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 constantly
a...
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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 59:21. T...
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_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 himself;...
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YE ALSO; the apostles.
FROM THE BEGINNING; the beginning of his public ministry. Matthew
4:17-22; ACTS 1:21-22....
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The hatred of the world and the testimony of the Spirit:...
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AND YE ALSO SHALL BEAR WITNESS, BECAUSE YE HAVE BEEN WITH ME FROM THE
BEGINNING.
The position of the unbelieving Jews at the time of Jesus was much
like that of Paul, Romans 7:7. If Jesus had not come...
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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
exhortatio...
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26,27. The blessed Spirit will maintain the cause of Christ in the
world, notwithstanding the opposition it meets with. Believers taught
and encouraged by his influences, would bear testimony to Chris...
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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, ACTS 10:41....
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John 15:27 And G1161 you G5210 also G2532 witness G3140 (G5719)
because G3754 been G2075 (G5748) with...
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4). THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND THE DISCIPLES MUST BEAR WITNESS TOGETHER
(JOHN 15:26).
The disciples, however, need not fear. They will not be left without
assistance. For Jesus will send to them from th...
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John 15:26-27. WHEN THE ADVOCATE IS COME, WHOM I WILL SEND ONTO YOU
FROM THE FATHER, THE SPIRIT OF THE TRUTH, WHICH GOETH FORTH FROM THE
FATHER, HE WILL HEAR WITNESS CONCERNING ME, AND YE ALSO BEAR WI...
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We have already considered the circumstances under which the two
Chapter s upon which we now enter were spoken; and, if we have been
correct in the view taken of them, we are not to imagine that the
f...
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AND YE ALSO BEAR WITNESS
(κα υμεις δε μαρτυρειτε). Present active indicative
or imperative (do ye bear witness), same form of μαρτυρεω. "Ye
also" as well as the Holy Spirit, ye also when filled wit...
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John 15:26
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 is an
in...
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John 15:9. _As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you:_
Oh, drink this nectar down! It is as when Cleopatra dissolved the
pearl into a single draught; for here is the choicest pearl of truth
t...
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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 15:12. _This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I
have loved you._
O beloved, do keep this commandment! Overlook each other's
infirmities. Bear with each other's faults. Love one an...
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CONTENTS: Jesus' discourse on the vine and the branches. The believer
and the world.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples.
CONCLUSION: Jesus is the true vine, in which the life of believers, as
abiding...
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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 lif...
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AND YOU, TOO, WILL SPEAK ABOUT ME. As _eyewitnesses,_ they would speak
about Christ and tell the Good News of what God had done through him.
Compare 1 John 1:1-4; 1 Corinthians 2:6-12....
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_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_16:7-8;...
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_And ye also shall bear witness_
TRUE CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY
(text in conjunction with John 16:1):--In this we see
I. THE SPIRIT OF GODLY HUMILITY. It comes only from the Lord, and
serves the Lord only...
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_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 _hat...
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EXPOSITION
JOHN 15:1
(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 suggested by some visib...
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Tonight let's turn now to John's gospel chapter 15, as we follow Jesus
in His last hours prior to the cross.
Jesus had been at the last supper with His disciples there in the
upper room somewhere in J...
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Shall bear witness [μ α ρ τ υ ρ ε ι τ ε]. Present tense,
bear witness. So Rev. Or, it may be taken as imperative : bear ye
witness....