John · Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
John 15 Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
- The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
- Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).
1 εγω ειμι η αμπελος η αληθινη, και ο πατηρ μου ο γεωργος εστιν.
1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
2 παν κλημα εν εμοι μη φερον καρπον, αιρει αυτο, και παν το καρπον φερον, καθαιρει αυτο, ινα πλειονα καρπον φερη.
2 Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 ηδη υμεις καθαροι εστε δια τον λογον ον λελαληκα υμιν.
3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
4 μεινατε εν εμοι, καγω εν υμιν. καθως το κλημα ου δυναται καρπον φερειν αφ εαυτου, εαν μη μεινη εν τη αμπελω, ουτως ουδε υμεις, εαν μη εν εμοι μεινητε.
4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
5 εγω ειμι η αμπελος, υμεις τα κληματα. ο μενων εν εμοι καγω εν αυτω, ουτος φερει καρπον πολυν, οτι χωρις εμου ου δυνασθε ποιειν ουδεν.
5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
6 εαν μη τις μεινη εν εμοι, εβληθη εξω ως το κλημα και εξηρανθη, και συναγουσιν αυτα και εις το πυρ βαλλουσιν, και καιεται.
6 If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 εαν μεινητε εν εμοι και τα ρηματα μου εν υμιν μεινη, ο εαν θελητε αιτησασθε, και γενησεται υμιν.
7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
8 εν τουτω εδοξασθη ο πατηρ μου, ινα καρπον πολυν φερητε, και γενησεσθε εμοι μαθηται.
8 “In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
9 καθως ηγαπησεν με ο πατηρ, καγω ηγαπησα υμας· μεινατε εν τη αγαπη τη εμη.
9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.
10 εαν τας εντολας μου τηρησητε, μενειτε εν τη αγαπη μου, καθως εγω τας εντολας του πατρος μου τετηρηκα και μενω αυτου εν τη αγαπη.
10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
11 ταυτα λελαληκα υμιν ινα η χαρα η εμη εν υμιν μεινη και η χαρα υμων πληρωθη.
11 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
12 αυτη εστιν η εντολη η εμη, ινα αγαπατε αλληλους καθως ηγαπησα υμας.
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
13 μειζονα ταυτης αγαπην ουδεις εχει, ινα τις την ψυχην αυτου θη υπερ των φιλων αυτου.
13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
14 υμεις φιλοι μου εστε, εαν ποιητε οσα εγω εντελλομαι υμιν.
14 You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
15 ουκετι υμας λεγω δουλους, οτι ο δουλος ουκ οιδεν τι ποιει αυτου ο κυριος· υμας δε ειρηκα φιλους, οτι παντα α ηκουσα παρα του πατρος μου εγνωρισα υμιν.
15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
16 ουχ υμεις με εξελεξασθε, αλλ εγω εξελεξαμην υμας, και εθηκα υμας ινα υμεις υπαγητε και καρπον φερητε, και ο καρπος υμων μενη, ινα ο τι αν αιτησητε τον πατερα εν τω ονοματι μου, δω υμιν.
16 You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
17 ταυτα εντελλομαι υμιν, ινα αγαπατε αλληλους.
17 “I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
18 ει ο κοσμος υμας μισει, γινωσκετε οτι εμε πρωτον υμων μεμισηκεν.
18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
19 ει εκ του κοσμου ητε, ο κοσμος αν το ιδιον εφιλει· οτι δε εκ του κοσμου ουκ εστε, αλλ εγω εξελεξαμην υμας εκ του κοσμου, δια τουτο μισει υμας ο κοσμος.
19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
20 μνημονευετε του λογου ου εγω ειπον υμιν· ουκ εστιν δουλος μειζων του κυριου αυτου. ει εμε εδιωξαν, και υμας διωξουσιν· ει τον λογον μου ετηρησαν, και τον υμετερον τηρησουσιν.
20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
21 αλλα ταυτα παντα ποιησουσιν υμιν δια το ονομα μου, οτι ουκ οιδασιν τον πεμψαντα με.
21 But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.
22 ει μη ηλθον και ελαλησα αυτοις, αμαρτιαν ουκ ειχον· νυν δε προφασιν ουκ εχουσιν περι της αμαρτιας αυτων.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 ο εμε μισων και τον πατερα μου μισει.
23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.
24 ει τα εργα μη εποιησα εν αυτοις α ουδεις αλλος πεποιηκεν, αμαρτιαν ουκ ειχον· νυν δε και εωρακασιν και μεμισηκασιν και εμε και τον πατερα μου.
24 If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.
25 αλλ ινα πληρωθη ο λογος ο γεγραμμενος εν τω νομω αυτων, οτι εμισησαν με δωρεαν.
25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
26 οταν δε ελθη ο παρακλητος ον εγω πεμψω υμιν παρα του πατρος, το πνευμα της αληθειας ο παρα του πατρος εκπορευεται, εκεινος μαρτυρησει περι εμου·
26 “When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
27 και υμεις δε μαρτυρειτε, οτι απ αρχης μετ εμου εστε.
27 You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 2:21; Isaiah 27:2–3; 1 Corinthians 3:9; Isaiah 60:21; Psalm 80:8–19
- 2 Matthew 3:10; Hebrews 12:10–11; Matthew 15:13; Revelation 3:19; John 15:8
- 3 John 17:17; Ephesians 5:26; 1 Peter 1:22; John 13:10
- 4 1 John 2:6; Galatians 2:20; John 8:31; 2 John 9; John 6:56
- 5 Philippians 4:13; Colossians 1:10; John 15:16; Galatians 5:22; Proverbs 11:30
- 6 Matthew 7:19; Hebrews 6:7–8; Matthew 13:41; John 15:2; Matthew 3:10
- 7 Psalm 37:4; 1 John 5:14; John 14:13; 1 John 3:22; John 15:16
- 8 Matthew 5:16; John 8:31; Philippians 1:11; 2 Corinthians 9:10–15; John 15:5
- 9 John 17:23–24; John 17:26; 1 John 2:28; Revelation 1:5; John 15:13
- 10 John 14:15; 1 John 5:3; 1 John 3:21–24; 1 John 2:5; 2 Peter 2:21
- 11 Romans 15:13; John 17:13; John 16:24; 1 Peter 1:8; 1 John 1:4
- 12 1 John 4:21; 1 Peter 4:8; John 13:34; Ephesians 5:2; Romans 12:10
- 13 John 10:11; Ephesians 5:2; Romans 5:6–8; John 10:15; 1 John 4:7–11
- 14 Matthew 12:50; 1 John 5:3; James 2:23; John 14:21; John 14:15
- 15 Psalm 25:14; 1 Corinthians 2:9–12; Matthew 13:11; James 2:23; Colossians 1:26
- 16 Jeremiah 1:5–7; John 15:19; Ephesians 2:10; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; 1 John 4:19
- 17 John 15:12; 1 John 3:14–17; 1 Peter 2:17
- 18 1 John 3:13; John 7:7; Luke 6:22; Mark 13:13; John 3:20
- 19 1 John 4:4–5; John 17:14–16; Ephesians 1:4–11; Titus 3:3–7; John 15:16
- 20 2 Timothy 3:12; John 13:16; Matthew 10:24; Ezekiel 3:7; 1 Corinthians 4:12
- 21 Matthew 10:22; John 16:3; John 8:19; Matthew 10:18; Matthew 24:9
- 22 John 9:41; James 4:17; Acts 17:30; Romans 1:20; John 12:48
- 23 John 8:40–42; 1 John 2:23; 2 John 9
- 24 John 14:9; John 5:36; John 10:32; John 7:31; John 10:37
- 25 Psalm 109:3; Psalm 69:4; Psalm 35:19; Luke 24:44; 2 Corinthians 11:7
- 26 John 14:26; John 14:16–17; John 16:13–15; Acts 5:32; Acts 2:32–33
- 27 1 John 4:14; John 21:24; Acts 10:39–42; Luke 24:48; Acts 23:11
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Jesus called Himself the vine, and His disciples the branches, and His Father the husbandman; whereon we have already discoursed as we were able.
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
… Him, as He does Himself declare to His disciples: "I will not now call you servants, for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard from My Father I have made known." For in that which He says, "I will not now call you servants," He indicates …
… handed down to us from the Lord, and to do nothing that our Lord has not first done for us: so that the cup which is offered in remembrance of Him should be mixed with wine. For, as Christ says, I am the true vine,' it follows that the blood of Christ is wine, not water; and the cup cannot …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For "He will burn the chaff," saith he, "with unquenchable fire." Thou seest that He is Lord of all things, and that He is Himself the Husbandman; albeit in another place He calls His Father the same. For "My Father," saith He, "is the Husbandman." Thus, inasmuch as He had spoken of an axe, lest thou shouldest suppose that the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)