John 15:16

+ 15:16. MP: Corn referring to the kernel seed that starts small and grows to multiple abundance as the grass, likewise are Messiah and his disciples multiplying (according to R. Obadiah Gaon). Growing outside the city, in the land beyond borders, referencing a mixed group of Jew and non-Jew. By comparing this crop to “Lebanon,” it describes the quality of the produce grown. (Ps 72:16) 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 haAbba ·the Father· in my name, he may give it to you.

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Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

In Context

15+ 15:15. MP: Messiah calls these believers, or those who do the Father’s will, brethren or brothers. (Ps 22:22) No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his lord does. + 15:15. MP: “He will divide the spoils.” By being an atonement for many, Messiah is the Redeemer and therefore enjoys the benefits / spoils of this conquest; redeeming people from their former master who rules thru sin to the new Master who is Yahweh. (Is 53:12a) But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from 'Avi ·my Father·, I have made known to you.

17“I enjoin these things to you, that you may have agapao ·totally devoted love· to one another.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:18since Abraham [Father of a multitude] will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

Psalms 78:4We will not hide them from their children, 2 telling to the generation to come the tehilahot ·praise songs· of Adonai, 2 his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done. 1

Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the upright is a tree of life. 2 He who is wise wins souls. 1

Isaiah 49:1+ 49:1 a MP: Messiah comes for all people. (See also Is 42:4c). (Matt 28:18; 1 Tim 2:3-6; Eph 2:12-14) Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, islands, to me. 2 Listen, you peoples, from afar: 1 + 49:1 b MP: Messiah is called to God’s service from the womb. (Matt 1:20-21; Luke 2:11) Adonai has called me from the womb; 2 + 49:1 c MP: Messiah was named before his birth. (Matt 1:21) from the inside of my mother he has mentioned my name. 1

Matthew Henry on John 15:10-18

Christ's Love to His Disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my… Read the whole commentary →

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