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John 15:8

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"Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples."

  • John 15:8 - A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    JOHN 15:8 ge,nhsqe {C} The Committee found it exceedingly difficult to decide between ge,nhsqe, which depends upon i[na and is coordinate with fe,rhte, and genh,sesqe, which probably 15 must be cons...

  • John 15:8 - Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse John 15:8. _HEREIN IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED_] Or, _honoured_. It is the honour of the husbandman to have good, strong, vigorous vines, plentifully laden with fruit: so it is the honour of God to h...

  • John 15:8 - Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HEREIN - In this - to wit, in your bearing much fruit. GLORIFIED - Honored. BEAR MUCH FRUIT - Are fruitful in good works; are faithful, zealous, humble, devoted, always abounding in the work of the...

  • John 15:8 - Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • John 15:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • John 15:8 - B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    ASK WHAT YE WILL, AND IT SHALL BE DONE UNTO YOU. The condition of this blessed promise is that we abide in the Vine, by having Christ's words abide in us. If we maintain thus the life union so that w...

  • John 15:8 - Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    "I am the real vine and my Father is the vine-dresser. He destroys every branch in me which does not bear fruit; and he cleanses every branch which does bear fruit, so that it may bear more fruit. You...

  • John 15:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HEREIN. In (Greek. _en._ App-104.) this. IS... GLORIFIED. was... glorified (Aorist). Greek _doxazo._ See p. 1511 and Compare John 13:31. THAT. in order that (Greek. _hina),_ showing the Father's pur...

  • John 15:8 - Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Union of the Disciples with Christ The Allegory of the Vine The allegory of the Vine is similar in kind to that of the Door and of the Good Shepherd in chap. 10 (see introductory note there): th...

  • John 15:8 - Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΝ ΤΟΎΤΩΙ. Looks back to John 15:5; John 15:7 or perhaps forward to ἵνα; comp. John 4:37; John 16:30; 1 John 4:17. The aorist ἘΔΟΞΆΣΘΗ is similar to those in John 15:6. The Father is already glorified...

  • John 15:8 - Catena Aurea Commentary

    VER 8. HEREIN IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED, THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT; SO SHALL YOU BE MY DISCIPLES. 9. AS THE FATHER HAS LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU: CONTINUE IN MY LOVE. 10. IF YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS,...

  • John 15:8 - Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΝ ΤΟΎΤΩ (G1722; G3778) в этом; _pron._ относится к предыдущей фразе, в то же время указанная мысль развивается в последующем предложении (Westcott). ΈΔΟΞΆΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΔΟΞΆΖΩ (G1392) прос...

  • John 15:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1692 FRUITFULNESS IN GOOD WORKS John 15:8. _Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my Disciples_. IT is not uncommon to hear those who preach or profess the...

  • John 15:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HEREIN IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED,— "By your thus abiding in me, and my abiding in you, and by your petitions being thus granted, the glory of my heavenly Father's wisdom, faithfulness, and grace, is exal...

  • John 15:8 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    VITAL UNION OF VINE AND BRANCHES _Text 15:1-11_ 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh _it_ away: and every branch that bear...

  • John 15:8 - Combined Bible Commentary

    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 po...

  • John 15:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. HEREIN IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED [ edoxasthee (G1392) - on which special use of the aorist, see the note at John 1...

  • John 15:8 - Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    28 In the East they do not say, as we do, "I am going", but rather "I am going and returning" when spealctng of an ordinary journey. So the Lord assures them that He was not about to leave them perman...

  • John 15:8 - Darby's translation notes (1890)

    15:8 this (b-2) 'In this' refers to what follows. no one, I think, can be familiar with John's writings and doubt it. Thus the _ Father_ is glorified and they become disciples of his. mine. (c-18) Per...

  • John 15:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • John 15:8 - EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • John 15:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HEREIN IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED. — This clause is generally understood of the words which follow as it is taken in our English version, but the rendering is liable to the objection that it gives a force...

  • John 15:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    John 15:1 XII. _ THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES._ "Arise, let us go hence. I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away: and every bra...

  • John 15:8 - Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Further assurance of an answer is given in the fact that the γεωργός is glorified in the fruit-bearing branches: ἐν τούτῳ, “in this pre-eminently,” _i.e._, in your bearing much fruit, _cf._ John 6:29-...

  • John 15:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE CONDITION OF FRUITFULNESS John 15:1-9 The vine is not able to do its work in the world without its branches; they stretch far from the root, to bear its strength and sweetness to those who stand...

  • John 15:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John 15:8 - Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (a) Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. (a) As one would say, "Herein will my Father be glorified, and herein also will you be my disciples, if you br...

  • John 15:8 - George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    It is the glory of the husbandman, to see his vine well cultivated, and laden with fruit. And it is the glory of God, my Father, to see you filled with faith, charity, and good works, and to behold yo...

  • John 15:8 - Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • John 15:8 - Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • John 15:8 - Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (2) Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more frui...

  • John 15:8 - Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John 15:8 - John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    8._In this my Father is glorified _This is a confirmation of the former statement; for he shows that we ought not to doubt that God will listen to the prayers of his people, when they desire to be ren...

  • John 15:8 - John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John 15:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HEREIN IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED,.... This does not so much refer to what goes before, concerning the disciples abiding in Christ, and he and his words abiding in them, and doing for them whatever they a...

  • John 15:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. Ver. 8. _Herein is my Father glorified, &c._] There is not (saith one) so much of the glory of God in all his work...

  • John 15:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    John 15:8, and those who disobeyed the gospel, are here intended. The former, because, as truth is here opposed to unrighteousness, it must signify not only the truths discovered by revelation, but th...

  • John 15:8 - Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The earnest application:...

  • John 15:8 - Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • John 15:8 - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 Jesus Christ is the Vine, the true Vine. The union of the human and Divine natures, and the fulness of the Spirit that is in him, resemble the root of the vine made fruitful by the moisture from...

  • John 15:8 - Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Here are two arguments to press his disciples abiding in him, that so they might bring forth much fruit. HEREIN (saith our Saviour) IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED. The glorifying of God is the great end of ou...

  • John 15:8 - Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    John 15:8 this G1722 G5129 My G3450 Father G3962 glorified G1392 (G5681) that G2443 bear G5342 (G5725) much G4183 fruit G2590 so G2532 be G1096 (G5695) My G1699 disciples G3101 is - Psalms 92:12-15;...

  • John 15:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    1). JESUS IS THE NEW ISRAEL, WHICH IS TO ACT AS THE NEW WITNESS FOR GOD IN THE WORLD. IF WE WOULD ENJOY HIS BLESSING WE MUST DO SO BY LIVING CONTINUALLY IN HIM IN TRUST AND OBEDIENCE AS BRANCHES REMAI...

  • John 15:8 - Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • John 15:8 - Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    HEREIN (εν τουτω). That is in the vital union and the much fruit bearing. It points here backwards and forwards.IS GLORIFIED (εδοξασθη). Another gnomic or timeless first aorist passive indicative...

  • John 15:8 - Scofield's Bible Commentary

    MUCH FRUIT THREE DEGREES IN FRUIT-BEARING: "Fruit," (John 15:2); "more fruit," (John 15:2); "much fruit," (John 15:5); (John 15:8). As we bear "much fruit" the Father is glorified in us. The mino...

  • John 15:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

    John 15:8 Note: I. The relation between doctrine and practice. Our text sets this before us shortly, but most admirably. We have in it Christian precept springing out of Christian doctrine. "Herein i...

  • John 15:8 - Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    On the way from the supper table to the garden of Gethsemane, or while still lingering in the upper room, our Lord spoke this wondrous parable. John 15:1. _I am the true vine,-_ All other vines are...

  • John 15:8 - Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John 15:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • John 15:8 - The Bible Study New Testament

    THEN YOU WILL ASK FOR ANYTHING. The contingency is _"if you remain in me."_ This implies both possibility and action. THIS IS HOW MY FATHER'S GLORY IS SHOWN. This shows the role of "works." See what J...

  • John 15:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

    _Herein is My Father glorified, that ye hear much fruit_ GOD GLORIFIED IN HIS PEOPLE The great majority of Christ’s illustrations were drawn from the world of nature, which teaches us that there is...

  • John 15:8 - The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 (Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 27:2). However, Israel...

  • John 15:8 - The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    1-26 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...

  • John 15:8 - The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • John 15:8 - The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • John 15:8 - Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • John 15:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 4:11; 2 Corinthians 9:10; Haggai 1:8; Isaiah 60:21; Isaiah 61:3; John 13:35;...

  • John 15:8 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Herein [ε ν τ ο υ τ ω]. Commonly referred to what follows. My Father is glorified in this, namely, that ye bear much fruit. It is better to refer it back to ver. 7. In the perfect unity of will betwee...

  • John 15:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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,...

  • John 15:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    So shall ye be my disciples — Worthy of the name. To be a disciple of Christ is both the foundation and height of Christianity....

  • John 15:8 - William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Our Lord here exhorts his followers to an holy fruitfulness in good works, by. double argument. One drawn from the glory of God: HEREIN IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED. The other from their own advantage: SO...

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