John 15:1

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
I	Ἐγώ Egō	G1473	I · personal pronoun — 1st person nominative singular
am	εἰμι eimi	G1510	I exist (used only when emphatic) · verb — present active indicative, 1st person singular
the true	ἀληθινή, alēthinē	G228	truthful · adjective — nominative singular feminine
vine	ἄμπελος ampelos	G288	a vine (as coiling about a support) · noun — nominative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
my	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
Father	πατήρ patēr	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title
is	ἐστί estí	G2076	he (she or it) is
the husbandman	γεωργός geōrgos	G1092	a land-worker · noun — nominative singular masculine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Jeremiah 2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
Isaiah 27:2-3 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
Isaiah 60:21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be…
Psalms 80:8-19 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Isaiah 4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that a…
John 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Isaiah 5:1-7 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 15:1-8

Here Christ discourses concerning the fruit, the fruits of the Spirit, which his disciples were to bring forth, under the similitude of a vine. Observe here, I. The doctrine of this similitude; what notion we ought to have of it. 1. That Jesus Christ is the vine, the true vine. It is an instance of the humility of Christ that he is pleased to speak of himself under low and humble comparisons. He that is the Sun of righteousness, and the bright and morning Star, compares himself to a vine. The church, which is Christ mystical, is a vine (Psa 80:8), so is Christ, who is the church seminal. Christ and his church are thus set forth. (1.) He is the vine, planted in the vineyard, and not a spontan…

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Adam Clarke on 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 occasio…

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John Gill on John 15:1

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 fruitful…

The Church Fathers

For the vine produces wine, as the Word, produces blood, and both drink for health to men-wine for the body, blood for the spirit.
— Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor Book 1

Now concerning the Thanksgiving (Eucharist), thus give thanks. First, concerning the cup: We thank thee, our Father, for the holy vine of David Thy servant, which Thou madest known to us through Jesus Thy Servant; to Thee be the glory for ever.
— Didache, The Didache, Chapter 9

The sober and joy-producing vine, from whose instructions, as from branches, there joyfully hang down clusters of graces, distilling love, is our Lord Jesus, who says expressly to the apostles. The vine, and that not in a few places, refers to the Lord Himself,
— Methodius of Olympus, Methodius Discourse V. Thallousa

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Church — Derived probably from the Greek kuriakon (i.e., “the Lord’s house”), which was used by ancient authors for the place of worship. In the New Testament it is the translation of the Greek word ecclesia,…
Vine — One of the most important products of Palestine. The first mention of it is in the history of Noah (Gen. 9:20). It is afterwards frequently noticed both in the Old and New Testaments, and in the…
Fellowship · WITH CHRIST — WITH CHRIST
Grape · .PARABLES OF THE VINE — .PARABLES OF THE VINE
Husbandman · An agriculturist — An agriculturist
Parables · Vine and branches — Vine and branches
Regeneration · 1:16,17,25;4:4;12:3;26:12;29:23;32:3,4,15,17;35:5,6;42:16;43:7;44:3-5;49:9;55:1-3; — 1:16,17,25;4:4;12:3;26:12;29:23;32:3,4,15,17;35:5,6;42:16;43:7;44:3-5;49:9;55:1-3;
Titles And Names Of Christ · True Vine — True Vine
Union With Christ · Illustrated: Vine and branches — Illustrated: Vine and branches
Vine · Pruned — Pruned
Vine, The · Illustrative: Of Christ — Illustrative: Of Christ

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

John 15:1

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 15:1-8

Adam Clarke on John 15:1

John Gill on John 15:1

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John 15:1

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 15:1-8

Adam Clarke on John 15:1

John Gill on John 15:1

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on John 15:1-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 15:1-27