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John 15:1-8

(15:1)

, , = vine, grapevine under BAGD 46b.

, , = true, dependable, in accordance with truth, genuine, real under BAGD 37a.

, , = one who tills the soil, farmer, vine-dresser, tenant farmer under BAGD 157a.

Grammatical note = Predicate Nominative. Sometimes, there are two nominatives in a sentence: a subject nominative and a predicate nominative. In these instances, the predicate nominative provides further information about the subject. At times, the subject and the predicate nominative are virtually equivalent. More commonly, the predicate nominative describes a larger category of which the subject is a subset. In this regard, the predicate nominative is not dissimilar to an apposition. Grammatically, the predicate nominative serves as the complement (or completive) of a copulative verb (expressing a state of being rather than an action), that is, a linking verb such as , , or Since sentences with a predicate nominative have two nominatives in a sentence the subject nominative and the predicate nominative the question arises how one can distinguish the predicate nominative from the subject.

1. The subject is the pronoun, whether made explicit or implied in the finite verb.

2. The subject will have the article.

3. The subject may be a proper name.

There are times when the above guidelines by themselves are not conclusive. In such instances, the following pecking order can be established. First, the pronoun is to be given priority. Second, in adjudicating between articular nouns and proper names, word order may be determinative: My Father is the vineyard keeper ( , John 15:1). See KMP 54-55.

(15:2)

, , = branch under BAGD 434b. Rare.

present active participle = bear, carry, bear patiently, endure, put up with, bring with one, bring along under BAGD 854b-.

, , = fruit, result, outcome, product, advantage, gain, profit under BAGD 404b-.

= lift up, take up, pick up under BAGD 24a.

= make clean under BAGD 386b.

- present active subjunctive .

comparative , , = many, numerous, large, great, extensive, plentiful under BAGD 687b.

(15:3)

= already, by this time, now at length under BAGD 344a.

, , = clean, pure under BAGD 388a.

perfect active = sound, give forth sounds or tones (which form a kind of speech), speak under BAGD 463a.

(15:4)

present active imperative = (intransitive) stay, (oftn in the special sense) live, dwell, lodge, remain, continue, abide under BAGD 503b-.

= can, be able under BAGD 207a.

- present active subjunctive .

present active subjunctive .

(15:5)

= separately, apart, by itself, separated from someone, far from someone, without someone, without (or) apart, besides, in addition to, except (for) someone under BAGD 890b.

present active .

present active infinitive .

(15:6)

aorist passive = throw, put, place, lay, bring, send forth under BAGD 130b.

= (as adverb) outside, (as a substitute for an adjective) outer, outside, out under BAGD 279a-.

aorist passive = dry, dry out (passive) become dry, dry up, wither under BAGD 548b.

= gather (in), bring (or) call together, gather (a number of persons), reconcile, lead (or) bring under BAGD 782a.

, , = fire under BAGD 730b-.

present passive = light (something), have (or) keep something burning, burn (up) under BAGD 396a.

Grammatical notes = Gnomic Aorist. Occasionally the aorist tense-form is used to communicate a timeless or universal truth. In this case, the verb does not communicate that a particular event or state occurred but that it does occur (all the time), As such, it is often used to express axioms or proverbs. Because of this nuance, the gnomic use of the aorist is typically translated with a present tense verb. For more examples of the gnomic aorist, see John 15:6. See KMP, 294-95 and n26.

(15:7)

, , = that which is said, word, saying, expression, (after the Hebrew) thing, object, matter, event under BAGD 735a. So much like ?

present active = wish (of desire), wish to have, desire, want something under BAGD 354b.

aorist middle = ask, ask for, demand under BAGD 25b-.

future middle .

(15:8)

aorist passive = praise, honor, magnify, clothe in splendor, glorify (of the glory that comes from the next life) under BAGD 204b.

aorist middle subjunctive .[footnoteRef:1] [1: {D} 66vid B D L X A K f13 Chrysostom Cyril. ]

, , = pupil, apprentice, disciple, adherent, learner under BAGD

485b.