Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch . . . withered . . . cast into the fire . . . burned—The one proper use of the vine is to bear fruit; failing this, it is good for one other thing—fuel. (See Ezekiel 15:1-5). How awfully striking the figure, in this view of it!
DISCOURSE AT THE SUPPER TABLE CONTINUED. (John 15:1-27)
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 (Isaiah 5:1, etc.).
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).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 15:6:
Ezekiel 15:4
Matthew 20:1
Luke 13:6-9
John 8:31-33
John 15:2
1 Corinthians 6:17
Hebrews 6:8
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