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John 15:1
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“I am
I am the true vine, and my Father is ye husbandman.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
"I am the true vine; my Father is the gardener.
"I am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vine-grower.
I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
Jesus said to his disciples: I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
"I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Jesus said, "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
I Am that true vine, and my Father is that husband man.
I AM the true vine, and my Father is the worker.
"I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
I am the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower.
I am the true vine, [fn] and my Father is the husbandman.
I am the true vine; and my Father is the cultivator.
I am the true vine, and my father is the husbandman.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away;
"I am the Vine--the True Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser.
Y am a very vyne, and my fadir is an erthe tilier.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
"I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
"I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.
"I am the true Vine. My Father is the One Who cares for the Vine.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower.
I, am the real vine, and, my Father, is, the husbandman.
I am the true vine: and my Father is the husbandman.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
I am the true vyne and my father ys an husbande man.
`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman;
I am a true vyne, and my father is an hussbande man.
I am the genuine vine, and my father is the vintager.
"I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn't bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken.
Then Jesus said, "I am the Top Hand, and my Father is the ranch owner. He's the one who cares for everything on the ranch.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
true: John 1:9, John 1:17, John 6:32, John 6:55, 1 John 2:8
vine: Genesis 49:10, Genesis 49:11, Psalms 80:8-19, Isaiah 4:2, Isaiah 5:1-7, Jeremiah 2:21, Jeremiah 12:10, Ezekiel 15:2-6, Hosea 10:1, Zechariah 3:8, Matthew 21:33, Luke 13:6
husbandman: Song of Solomon 7:12, Song of Solomon 8:11, Song of Solomon 8:12, Isaiah 27:2, Isaiah 27:3, Isaiah 60:21, Isaiah 61:3, Matthew 20:1, Mark 12:1, 1 Corinthians 3:9
Reciprocal: Numbers 17:8 - budded Psalms 80:15 - vineyard Psalms 92:15 - To show Song of Solomon 2:3 - the apple tree Song of Solomon 4:13 - are Isaiah 6:13 - so the holy Hosea 14:6 - branches Hosea 14:8 - From me Matthew 13:23 - beareth Mark 12:2 - a servant Luke 20:9 - planted John 1:16 - of his John 14:6 - the truth Romans 6:5 - planted 1 Corinthians 1:30 - in
Cross-References
After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, Don't be afraid, Abram: I am your shield, [and] your exceeding great reward.
And Abram said, O Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the son of the inheritance of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
And Abram said, Look, to me you have given no seed: and, see, one born in my house is my heir.
And, look, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, This man shall not be your heir; But he that shall come forth out of inside you shall be your heir.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your seed be.
And he believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half opposite the other: but he did not divide the birds.
and also that nation, whom they shall serve, I will judge: and afterward they shall come out with great substance.
And in the fourth generation they shall come here again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, look, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I am the true vine,.... The fruit of which he had been just speaking of at supper with his disciples; and then informs them, that he himself is the vine from whence that fruit must be expected, which should be partook of by them in his Father's kingdom; for though Christ may be compared to a vine for its tenderness, weakness, and being subject to cuttings and prunings; all which may express his outward meanness in his birth, parentage, and education, Which exposed him to the contempt of men; the weakness of the human nature in itself, his being encompassed with the infirmities of his people, and his sufferings and death for their sakes; yet he is rather called so with respect to his fruitfulness: for as the vine is a fruitful tree, brings forth and bears fruit in clusters, so Christ, as man and Mediator, is full of grace and truth, of all spiritual blessings, and exceeding great and precious promises; from him come the wine of divine love, of Gospel truths and Gospel ordinances, the various blessings of grace, and the joys of heaven, which are the best wine reserved by him till last: Christ is the "true" vine; not that he is really and literally so, without a figure; but he is, as the Syriac renders it, × ×¤×ª× ×שרר×, "the vine of truth". Just as Israel is called a noble vine, wholly a right seed, ×רע ××ת, "a seed of truth", Jeremiah 2:21; right genuine seed; or, as the Septuagint render it, "a vine", bringing forth fruit, ÏαÏαν
αληθινην, "wholly true"; to which the allusion may be here. Christ is the noble vine, the most excellent of vines, wholly a right seed, in opposition to, and distinction from, the wild and unfruitful, or degenerate plant of a strange vine: to him agree all the properties of a right and real vine; he really and truly communicates life, sap, juice, nourishment, and fruitfulness to the several branches which are in him. The metaphor Christ makes use of was well known to the Jews; for not only the Jewish church is often compared to a vine, but the Messiah too, according to them: thus the Targumist explains the phrase in Psalms 80:15, "the branch thou madest strong for thyself", of the King Messiah: and indeed, by comparing it with
Psalms 80:17 it seems to be the true sense of the passage g. The Cabalistic doctors say h, that the Shekinah is called, ×פ×, "a vine"; see Genesis 49:11; where the Jews observe i, the King Messiah is so called. The Jews k say, there was a golden vine that stood over the gate of the temple, and it was set upon props; and whoever offered a leaf, or a grape, or a cluster, (that is, a piece of gold to the temple, in the form of either of these,) bought it, and hung it upon it. And of this vine also Josephus l makes mention, as being in Herod's temple; of which he says, that it was over the doors (of the temple), under the edges of the wall, having clusters hanging down from it on high, which filled spectators with wonder as for the size of it, so for the art with which it was made. And elsewhere he says m, the inward door in the porch was all covered with gold, and the whole wall about it; and it had over it golden vines, from whence hung clusters as big as the stature of a man: now whether our Lord may refer to this, being near the temple, and in view of it, and point to it, and call himself the true vine, in distinction from it, which was only the representation of one; or whether he might take occasion, from the sight of a real vine, to compare himself to one, nay be considered; since it was usual with Christ, upon sight or mention of natural things, to take the opportunity of treating of spiritual ones: though it may be rather this discourse of the vine and branches might be occasioned by his speaking of the fruit of the vine, at the time he ate the passover, and instituted the ordinance of the supper.
And my Father is the husbandman; or vinedresser. So God is called by Philo the Jew n, γεÏÏÎ³Î¿Ï Î±Î³Î±Î¸Î¿Ï, "a good husbandman"; and the same the Targumist says of the word of the Lord o,
"and my word shall be unto them, ××××¨× ×××, "as a good husbandman".''
Now Christ says this of his Father, both with respect to himself the vine, and with respect to the branches that were in him: he was the husbandman to him; he planted the vine of his human nature, and filled it with all the graces of the Spirit; he supported it, upheld it, and made it strong for himself, for the purposes of his grace, and for his own glory; and took infinite delight in it, being to him a pleasant plant, a plant of renown. The concern this husbandman has with the branches, is expressed in the following verse.
g Vid. R. Mosem Hadersan in Galatin. de Arcan. Cathol. verit, l. 8. c. 4. h Zohar in Exod. fol. 70. 2. & Cabala denudata, par. 1. p. 241. i Zohar in Gen fol. 127. 3. k Misn. Middot, c. 3. sect. 8. T. Bab. Cholin, fol. 90. 2. & Tamid, fol. 29. 1, 2. l Antiqu. l. 15. c. 11. sect. 3. m De Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 5. sect. 4. n Leg. Allegor. l. 1. p. 48. o Targum in Hos. 11. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I am the true vine - Some have supposed that this discourse was delivered in the room where the Lordâs Supper was instituted, and that, as they had made use of wine, Jesus took occasion from that to say that he was the true vine, and to intimate that his blood was the real wine that was to give strength to the soul. Others have supposed that it was delivered in the temple, the entrance to which was adorned with a golden vine (Josephus), and that Jesus took occasion thence to say that he was the true vine; but it is most probable that it was spoken while they were going from the paschal supper to the Mount of Olives. Whether it was suggested by the sight of vines by the way, or by the wine of which they had just partaken, cannot now be determined. The comparison was frequent among the Jews, for Palestine abounded in vineyards, and the illustration was very striking. Thus, the Jewish people are compared to a vine which God had planted, Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalms 80:8-16; Joel 1:7; Jeremiah 2:21; Ezekiel 19:10. When Jesus says he was the true vine, perhaps allusion is had to Jeremiah 2:21. The word âtrue,â here, is used in the sense of real, genuine. He really and truly gives what is emblematically represented by a vine. The point of the comparison or the meaning of the figure is this: A vine yields proper juice and nourishment to all the branches, whether these are large or small. All the nourishment of each branch and tendril passes through the main stalk, or the vine, that springs from the earth. So Jesus is the source of all real strength and grace to his disciples. He is their leader and teacher, and imparts to them, as they need, grace and strength to bear the fruits of holiness.
And my Father is the husbandman - The word âvine-dresserâ more properly expresses the sense of the original word than husbandman. It means one who has the care of a vineyard; whose office it is to nurture, trim, and defend the vine, and who of course feels a deep interest in its growth and welfare. See the notes at Matthew 21:33. The figure means that God gave, or appointed his Son to be, the source of blessings to man; that all grace descends through him; and that God takes care of all the branches of this vine - that is, of all who are by faith united to the Lord Jesus Christ. In Jesus and all his church he feels the deepest interest, and it is an object of great solicitude that his church should receive these blessings and bear much fruit.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XV.
The union of Jesus Christ with his followers, represented by the
parable of a vine and its branches, 1-11.
He exhorts them to mutual love, 12.
Calls them his friends, and promises to lay down his life for
them, 13-15.
Appoints them their work, and promises them success in it, 16.
Renews the exhortation to mutual love, 17,
and foretells the opposition they would meet with from the
world, 18-21.
The sin of the Jews in rejecting Christ, 22-25.
The Holy Spirit is promised as a witness for Christ, and the
Comforter of the disciples, 26, 27.
NOTES ON CHAP. XV.
Verse John 15:1. I am the true vine — Perhaps the vines which they met with, on their road from Bethany to Gethsemane, might have given rise to this discourse. Some of the disciples were probably making remarks on the different kinds of them, and our Lord took the opportunity of improving the conversation, according to his usual manner, to the instruction of their souls. He might here term himself the true vine, or vine of the right sort, in opposition to the wild and barren vine. Some MSS. and several of the fathers read the verse thus: I am the true vine, ye are the branches, and my Father is the husbandman. Some think that, as this discourse followed the celebration of the Eucharist, our Lord took occasion from the fruit of the vine, used in that ordinance, to introduce this similitude.
