John 15:1-8 THE TRUE SPIRITUAL LIFE IN MAN (Christ the true Vine, &c.—Jerusalem.—John xv. 1–27.) “I am the true Vine, and my Father is the Husbandman,” &c. EXEGETICAL REMARKS.—After the words, “Let us depart hence,” it is likely that Jesus and the disciples withdrew from the upper chamber and directed their steps to Jerusalem, at the declivity which descended into the Valley of Kedron, near to Gethsemane. Vines abound in this neighbourhood, and it may be that Jesus stopped at one loaded with branches,
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