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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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GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT. MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR
HIS FRIENDS.
The highest human exhibition of love that earth has ever seen was
this. Damon had been ready to die for Pythias; father...
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THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES (John 15:1-10)...
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"I have spoken these things to you that my joy might be in you, and
that your joy might be complete. This is my commandment, that you love
one another, as I have loved you. No one has greater love tha...
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WHATSOEVER. The texts read "the things which"....
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_Ye are my friends_ -Ye" is emphatic: -and when I say "friends," I
mean you." This shews that -friends" was used simply because He was
speaking to the Apostles.
_whatsoever I command you_ Better, THE...
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THE UNION OF THE DISCIPLES WITH ONE ANOTHER IN CHRIST...
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ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ ΦΊΛΟΙ. Ὑμεῖς is emphatic: ‘and when I say
“friends” I mean you.’ This shews that ‘friends’ was used
simply because He was speaking to Apostles....
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Ver 12. This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have
loved you. 13. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends. 14. You are my friends, if you do w...
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ΠΟΙΉΤΕ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать.
_Conj._ вырадаает условие....
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GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,— "My _love_ to you is _stronger_
than death; for I will lay down my life for you: a greater degree of
love than this never existed in the world; this is the love th...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
Special Study
THE CHRISTIAN SYNDROME (John 15:1-17)
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my life; even as I have
kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. Thes...
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FRANK UNION OF FRIENDS
_Text 15:12-17_
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This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved
you.
13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for
his f...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 15:7-16
Below is an Analysis of the second section of John 15:—
That the theme of this second section of John 15 is the same as was
before us in its opening por...
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Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
YE ARE MY FRIENDS, IF YE DO WHATSOEVER I COMMAND YOU - `if ye hold
yourselves in absolute subjection to Me.'...
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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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YE ARE MY FRIENDS... — Stress is to be laid upon the pronoun,
“_Ye_ are My friends...” “Ye are those of whom I have just
spoken, and for whom I am about to give the greatest proof of love.”
IF YE DO W...
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XIII. _ NOT SERVANTS, BUT FRIENDS._
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for
his friends. Ye are My friends, if ye do the things which I command
you. No longer do I call y...
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Then comes the application: ὑμεῖς … ὑμῖν. “Ye are my
friends, if ye do what I command you.” You may expect of me this
greatest demonstration of love, and therefore every minor
demonstration of it whic...
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_The disciples are urged to fulfil Christ's purposes in the world, and
are assured that if they abide in the love of Christ they will receive
all they need for fruit-bearing_....
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“I HAVE CALLED YOU FRIENDS”
John 15:10-16
We must estimate the Father's love to Jesus before we can measure His
love to us. We are told to love one another with the same love, but
enabling power is n...
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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 are my friends. A wonderful condescension, says St. Augustine, in
our blessed Redeemer, who was God as well as man, to call such poor
and sinful creatures, his friends; who, when we have done all...
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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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II. THE POSITION OF THE DISCIPLES IN THE WORLD AFTER THE OUTPOURING OF
THE SPIRIT: 15:1-16:15.
Jesus had just promised to His own, in ch. 14, the twofold reunion,
heavenly and earthly, in which the se...
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1. 15:1-17.
After the words: “Let us go hence,” Jesus and the disciples left
the room which had just been to them, as it were, the vestibule of the
Father's house. Whither do they go? According to _We...
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ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
Vv. 12-17.
1. The statement of John 15:13 is, of course, to be interpreted in
view of the subject which is occupying the thought of Jesus. The love
of enemie...
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“ _You are my friends, if you do whatsoever I command you._ 15. _I
call you no longer servants, because the servant knows not what his
master does; but I have named you friends, because I have made kn...
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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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14._You are my friends. _He does not mean that we obtain so great an
honor by our own merit, but only reminds them of the condition on
which he receives us into favor, and deigns to reckon us among hi...
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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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YE ARE MY FRIENDS,.... This is an application of the foregoing
passage, and more, clearly explains it. The character of "friends", is
applied to the disciples of Christ; and belongs, not only to his
a...
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Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Ver. 14. _If ye do whatsoever, &c._] In desire and endeavour lifting
at the latch, though ye cannot open the door, and looking to both the
_magna...
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_Greater love_ To his friends, (of whom here he only speaks,) _hath no
man than this_ That is, a greater degree of love than this never
existed in the world; _that a man lay down his life for his frie...
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THE NEW STATUS OF CHRIST'S DISCIPLES.
The joy of the Christians:...
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YE ARE MY FRIENDS IF YE DO WHATSOEVER I COMMAND YOU.
The parable of the Vine and the branches with its application had a
definite object, namely, that the joy which Christ has enjoyed, which
is His in...
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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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9-17 Those whom God loves as a Father, may despise the hatred of all
the world. As the Father loved Christ, who was most worthy, so he
loved his disciples, who were unworthy. All that love the Saviou...
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Our Lord presseth obedience to his commandments as a means, and indeed
the only means, by which we can declare our love to Christ; and also
useth a new argument to press their obedience, from his assu...
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Cyprian Epistle LXII
For if in the sacrifice which Christ offered none is to be followed
but Christ, assuredly it behoves us to obey and do that which Christ
did, and what He commanded to be done, si...
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John 15:14 You G5210 are G2075 (G5748) My G3450 friends G5384 if G1437
do G4160 (G5725) whatever...
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“This is what I command you (my commandment) that you love one
another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if...
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2). AS THE NEW ISRAEL THE DISCIPLES ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER (JOHN
15:12).
The fruit required of the branches of the vine is now clearly
expressed. As branches of the true Vine they are to love one ano...
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IF YE DO
(εαν ποιητε). Condition of third class with εαν and the
present active subjunctive, "if ye keep on doing," not just spasmodic
obedience. Just a different way of saying what is in verse John...
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John 15:13
Friendship with Christ
Observe:
I. That the overtures of this friendship came first from Christ
Himself, had their spring in considerations which could have
originated with the Divine min...
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Thus speaks the Lord Jesus:
John 15:1. _I am the true vine,_
Many questions have been raised about which is the true Church; the
Saviour answers them, «I am the true vine.» All who are united,
reall...
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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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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 15:9. _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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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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SO THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU. He says this as he faces the Cross!!! It
gives him great joy to obey the Father's commands. They also will find
great joy in obeying his commands. So will we!...
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12-14. JUST AS I LOVE YOU. All of Christ's commands are contained in
this, and grow out of this seed! They may have expected detailed
instructions, but instead, his love was to be their guide. IS TO G...
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_Ye are My friends if ye do whatsoever I command you_
CHRIST’S FRIENDS
Notice
I. WHAT CHRIST’S FRIENDS DO FOR HIM (John 15:16). In the former
verse, “friends” means chiefly those whom He loved. Her...
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_This is My commandment, that ye love one another_
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT OF CHRIST
I. THE LOVE OF CHRIST. Remember
1. How free it was. We did not merit it, ask for it, nor even desire
it. And here i...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:13 YOU ARE MY FRIENDS. In the OT, only Abraham
and Moses are called friends of God (Exodus 33:11;...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:1 The OT frequently uses the vineyard or vine
as a symbol for Israel, God’s covenant people. Note the two
“vineyard songs” in Isaiah 1:1 ...
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CHAPTER 15 VER. 1. _I am the true Vine_. The Greek has a double art.
_ή άμπελος ή α̉ληθινὴ_, _the vine the true_. The
Syriac is, _I am that vine of truth_. Christ here sets forth the
parable of...
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_I will not henceforth call you servants_ : _for the servant knoweth
not what his lord doeth, i.e_. what he intends and proposes to do.
VER. 15. _But I have called you friends._ S. Augustine (_Tract_....
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 15:1. TRUE VINE.—Christ and the disciples were now on the way
to Gethsemane. Their passing through the vineyards, etc., surrounding
the city may have suggested th...
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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 John 5:3; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8; James 2:23; John 13:17;...
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I command [ε ν τ ε λ λ ο μ α ι]. Of several words for
command in the New Testament, this one is always used of giving a
specific injunction or precept. The kindred noun, ejntolh, means an
order, a cha...
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THE HOLY GHOST
John 15:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We are confronted with one of the great themes of Scripture. The word
"Ghost" is an old English word meaning "guest." The Holy Spirit is the
Holy Ghost,...
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Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you — On this
condition, not otherwise. A thunderbolt for Antinomianism! Who then
dares assert that God's love does not at all depend on man's works?...
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Here Christ invites his people to obedience, by the honourable title
of friends: YE ARE MY FRIENDS.
1. Actively, you will declare and manifest yourselves to be my
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2. Passively,. will decla...