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Verse 22. _BUT NOW THEY HAVE NO CLOKE FOR THEIR SIN._] They are
without _excuse_. See the _margin_, and John 9:41. Christ had done
such works as demonstrated him to be the Messiah - yet they rejected...
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AND SPOKEN UNTO THEM - Declared unto them the will of God, and made
known his requirements. Jesus had not less certainly shown by his own
arguments that he was the Messiah than by his miracles. By bot...
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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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IF. HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN... THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD SIN.
There are three principles involved in this declaration. 1. The degree
of sin is determined by the measure of our opportunities. Those in
to...
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"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of
sin. As it is, they have no excuse for their sins. He who hates me
hates the Father too. If I had not done deeds among them, which no...
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THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES (John 15:1-10)...
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HAD... COME, &c.. came and spake.
HAD NOT HAD SIN. would not have (imperf.) sin, i.e. in rejecting Him
as the Messiah. Figure of speech _Heterasis._ App-6. sin. App-128.
NOW. Greek. _nun._ See John...
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_If I had not come and spoken unto them_ He had spoken as man had
never spoken before (John 7:46), and His words sufficed to tell
unprejudiced minds Who He was. Their hatred was a sin against light;
i...
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The Hatred of the World to both Him and them
In strong contrast to the love and union between Christ and His
disciples and among the disciples themselves is the hatred of the
world to Him and them. H...
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THE HATRED OR THE WORLD TO BOTH HIM AND THEM
In strong contrast to the love and union between Christ and His
disciples and among the disciples themselves is the hatred of the
world to Him and them. He...
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22 and 24. ΕἼΧΟΣΑΝ for εἶχον (more usual form).
The general subject still continues from John 13:31—CHRIST’S LOVE
IN KEEPING HIS OWN. This is still further set forth in this chapter in
three main aspe...
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VER 22. IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN TO THEM, THEY HAD NOT HAD SIN:
BUT NOW THEY HAVE NO CLOAK FOR THEIR SIN. 23. HE THAT HATES ME HATES
MY FATHER ALSO. 24. IF I HAD NOT DONE AMONG THEM THE WORKS WHIC...
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ΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) идти,
ΈΛΆΛΗΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980)
говорить,
ΕΪΧΟΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь. _Impf._
с подобным окончанием часто
используется в...
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DISCOURSE: 1699
THE GREAT SIN OF REJECTING CHRIST
John 15:22. _If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had
sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin_.
EVERY sin is committed against...
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IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN, &C.— "The ignorance of the Jews in
particular will not however excuse them, (see the last note,) since
they have had more than sufficient means of information. If I had n...
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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.
19
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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If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now
they have no cloke for their sin.
IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN UNTO THEM, THEY HAD NOT HAD SIN, [ ouk
(G3756) eichon (G2192)] -...
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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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THE WORLD'S HATRED] cp. the similar predictions, Matthew 10:16;
Matthew 24:9; Luke 21:12; Luke 21:16 cp. also...
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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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IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN UNTO THEM, THEY HAD NOT HAD SIN. — In
this and the following verses (John 15:22) our Lord shows the
sinfulness of the world’s hatred, because it was in the face of His
rev...
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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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_The relation of the disciples to the world_....
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“If I had not come and spoken to them,” as the revealer of the
Father, “they would not have sin,” they would still be ignorant of
the Father, but would not have incurred the guilt which attaches to
ig...
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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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(d) If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but
now they have no cloke for their sin.
(d) As one would say, "If I had not come, these men would not have
been wrong in saying bef...
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They would not have sin, or would not be guilty of sin: that is, they
might be excused, as to their not believing me to be their Messias:
but after so many instructions, which I have given them, and s...
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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 they will do all this to you for my name's sake, because they
know not him who sent me._ 22. _If I had not come and spoken to them,
they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for...
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VER. 22. This blindness which has prevailed in their entire history
(see the discourse of Stephen, Acts 7) might have still been forgiven
them, if, at this decisive moment, they had finally yielded. B...
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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 lov...
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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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22._If I had not come. _He had said that the Jews regarded the Gospel
with hatred, because they did not know God. Lest any one should think
that this tended to alleviate their guilt, he adds, that it...
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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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IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN UNTO THEM,.... The ignorance of the Jews
is represented as inexcusable, since Christ was come, and had preached
unto them; if he had not come and told them that he was the...
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If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now
they have no cloke for their sin.
Ver. 22. _If I had not come, &c._] Here our Saviour shows that their
ignorance was affected, as...
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_If I had not come and spoken unto them_ Thus plainly; _they had not
had sin_ Their guilt would not have been so great. “If I had not
appeared in person among them, according to their own prophecies,...
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HAD NOT HAD SIN; to such a degree; because they would not have sinned
against such great light. Luke 12:48.
NO CLOAK; no covering or excuse....
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IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN UNTO THEM, THEY HAD NOT HAD SIN; BUT NOW
THEY HAVE NO CLOAK FOR THEIR SIN....
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The hatred of the world and the testimony of the Spirit:...
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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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CLOKE:
Or, excuse...
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18-25 How little do many persons think, that in opposing the doctrine
of Christ as our Prophet, Priest, and King, they prove themselves
ignorant of the one living and true God, whom they profess to w...
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They had not had this particular sin, of not knowing him that sent me;
or they had not had such degrees of sin as they now have; or they had
had more to say in excuse, or for a cover for their sin. Ig...
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Origen de Principiis Book I
That declaration also in the Gospel, "If I had not come and spoken
unto them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their
sin,"[76]
Origen Commentary on J...
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3). THE DISCIPLES MUST NOT BE SURPRISED IF THEY ARE HATED BY THE WORLD
(JOHN 15:18)....
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“If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin. But now
they have no excuse for their sin.”
This is the crux of the matter. Jesus has come as a light into the
world (John 3:16; John 8:12)...
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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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John 15:22. IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN UNTO THEM, THEY WOULD NOT
HAVE SIN; BUT NOW THEY HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR THEIR SIN. But in so doing
the world is without excuse. Its unbelief, with all that hatred...
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THEY HAD NOT HAD SIN
(αμαρτιαν ουκ ειχοσαν). Conclusion of condition of
second class without αν because context makes it clear (νυν δε)
without it (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 1013). The imperfect act...
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SIN
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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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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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 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._
Not only the Mosaic law, but the whole creation is full of types of
Christ. All the vines that we see in this world are only as it we...
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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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HATES MY FATHER ALSO. It is impossible to love God and hate Christ!!!...
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_If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin_
HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY
The peculiar sin of the Jews, the sin which aggravated above
everything their former iniquities, was their rejecti...
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_But all these things will they do unto you_
THE WORLD’S HATRED, AS CHRIST SAW IT
I. THE WORLD’S IGNORANCE (John 15:21). “The world,” in
Christ’s language, is the aggregate of Godless men. There is n...
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_If the world hate you_
KOSMOS: UNREGENERATE HUMANITY
is here presented.
I. AS GLOWING WITH HATE.
1. It was a hatred of goodness. To hate the mean, the selfish, the
false, the dishonest, and moral...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:22 THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF SIN does
not mean all sin (see Romans 3:23), but the specific sin of rejecting
God’s supreme revelation in Christ (see...
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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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1 Peter 2:16; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Acts 17:30; Ezekiel 2:5; Ez
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Had sin [α μ α ρ τ ι α ν ε ι χ ο ν]. See on 9 41; 1 John
1:8.
Cloke [π ρ ο φ α σ ι ν]. From pro, before, in front of, and
fhmi, to say or affirm. Hence something which is placed in front of
the true c...
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They had not had sin — Not in this respect....
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These words are not to be understood absolutely, but comparatively; as
if Christ had said, "Had not. come amongst them in my incarnation, and
preached personally to them the doctrine of salvation, and...