John 15 · Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
CHAPTER 15 Joh 15:1-27 . Discourse at the Supper Table Continued. 1-8. The spiritual oneness of Christ and His people, and His relation to them as the Source of all their spiritual life and fruitfulness, are here beautifully set forth by a figure familiar to Jewish ears ( Is 5:1 , &c.). I am the true vine-- of whom the vine of nature is but a shadow. my Father is the husbandman-- the great Proprietor of the vineyard, the Lord of the spiritual kingdom. (It is surely unnecessary to point out the claim to supreme divinity involved in this).
9-11. continue ye in my love-- not, "Continue to love Me," but, "Continue in the possession and enjoyment of My love to you"; as is evident from the next words.
12-16. That ye love one another, &c.-- (See on Joh 13:34 , 35 ).
17-21. The substance of these important verses has occurred more than once before. (See on Mt 10:34-36 ; Lu 12:49-53 , &c.).
22-25. (See on Joh 9:39-41 ). If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin-- comparatively none; all other sins being light compared with the rejection of the Son of God. now they have no cloak for their sin-- rather, "pretext."
26-27. (See on Joh 14:15 ; Joh 14:17 ).