In this article, I want to deal with an important interpretive point made by Hollett. 1451. Luke 13:7-9 King James Version (KJV). There are many things in this life that I consider tempting. His three-fold "it is written" shows that the Word of God is the perfection of all ministry (Matt 4). App-6. 25 “The word skandala is perhaps not quite as specific as this translation. Luke 15:29, τοσαῦτα ἔτη δουλεύω, these so many years I (have served and still) serve thee.— ἔκκοψον, cut it off [down]) (Great, severity (stern strictness in punishing) is expressed in this word: as also there is implied the great power of the ἀμπελουργὸς, Vine-dresser.— ἵνα τί καὶ, why even [not expressed in the Engl. He will commit positive sin, and produce positive evil and destruction. App-104. 7. The vinedresser (τον αμπελουργον — ton ampelourgon). But the time is uncertain (see above). Those who expect to gather good crops of well-flavored figs are particularly attentive to their culture - not only plow and dig about them frequently, and manure them plentifully, but they carefully gather out the stones from the orchards, contrary to their general slovenly habits.”. What kind of a year has 2006 been for you? Cut it down! Then let some person come forward and deprecate the cutting down of the tree, making himself responsible for its future fertility. katargeo. 23 “Parade, The Dallas Morning News, Sunday, April 10, 1988, p.4. In this part Luke places most of the information on the life and teaching of Jesus (Lk 1:1-4). By Pastor Vince Gerhardy Another year has almost gone and we are on the brink of another! καὶ τ. γ. Behold, these three years I come — See how long I have waited, even three years past, in vain, and still this fig-tree is entirely barren: cut it down; why should it any longer take up the place of better plants, and draw away the fructifying juices of my ground, which might be profitable to other trees? If by the owner of the vineyard is meant God the Father, then by the dresser of the vineyard Jesus Christ is intended; but as he seems rather designed by the owner, the vinedresser, or "the gardeners", as the Persic version reads, in the plural number, may signify the ministers of the word, to whom Christ, who is Solomon's antitype, lets out his vineyard to dress and cultivate it, and to keep the fruit of it; see Song of Solomon 8:11. behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none; or "behold, there are three years since I came"; so read the Vulgate Latin and Persic versions, and Beza's most ancient copy. Only here in the Gospels. Those who believed, received power to become children of God. Why does it even use up the ground? 1:—, And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. 3.The coming of the owner for fruit, the desire of God that they should produce good works. 6.His waiting denotes the delay of vengeance, to give them an opportunity of repentance. For the sinner can never sin by omission alone. for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The owner's waiting signifies the delay of vengeance, to give Israel an opportunity to repent. Only after they see the extent to which Jesus humbles Himself (Philippians 2:8) will they grasp the significance of this foot washing. E. Thring, Church of England Pulpit, April 3rd, 1880. See the note on the above text. Three years — Christ was then in the third year of his ministry. But God asks, "Are you fit to live?" Luke 13:8.—J. Cf. fruit might lightly and upon every small occasion be cut down, that law providing against Answer: Jesus told the Parable of the Fig Tree—Luke 13:6-9—immediately after reminding His listeners of a tower over the pool of Siloam (John 9:7) which unexpectedly fell and killed eighteen people. The supposed allusion to the duration of our Lord's ministry is precarious. May we make every effort to make every day count and live and work for His praise and glory, until we go to be with Him in glory. Has it ornamented you, and budded into a growth of leaves fair to look on? Luke 13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. —The fig produces within this period after planting. 83 of lib. The visits of God are secret and unrecognized, though they be ever recurring. It is commonly rendered by “bring to nought,” or some like phrase. —Renders the ground barren, absorbing the virtue of the soil only. as of one who has a right to complain.— , three years, reckoned not from the planting of the tree (it is three years after planting that it begins to bear fruit), but from the time that it might have been expected in ordinary course to yield a crop of figs. Luke writes: Luke 14:1 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. as of one who has a right to complain.— τρία ἔτη, three years, reckoned not from the planting of the tree (it is three years after planting that it begins to bear fruit), but from the time that it might have been expected in ordinary course to yield a crop of figs. 5.The dresser was perhaps intended to denote the Saviour and the other messengers of God, pleading that God would spare the Jews, and save them from their enemies that stood ready to destroy them, as soon as God should permit. Christ and the Father are one. It appears that the owner had given it three years in order to see if its fruitless condition was permanent. They were quick to boast of their adoption; the glory; the covenants; the giving of the law; the temple service; and the promises of a Messiah, but refused to recognise their broken covenant; rebellious behaviour; gross apostasy and offensive idolatry. He wanted to give it every opportunity. Sheviith, fol. The scale and proximity of those tragedies will make them easily recalled in a congregation’s minds, when people hear Luke 13:1-9 read in worship. See Romans 3:3. Where is the ceaseless inward power that transmutes all that reaches it into luxuriant growths of new and pleasant services, the silent sustained mastery that, come good, come evil, takes it all, and changes it into crop after crop in due season of help for others, life by which others may live? Having girded yourself, and tied up your garments, take a bipen or axe, and with an angry mind approach the tree as if about to cut it down. Twenty-five times in the Epistles in the sense of vitiate. cumbereth. We offer Lutheran sermons, Bible classes, parents helps, biblical counseling, life helps, services, Lutheran guidance, spiritual growth, Christian support, a family atmosphere. Greek. I refer to cap. Jarchi, Maimon. “Not only is it unfruitful, but it draws away the juices which the vines would extract from the earth, intercepts the sun, and occupies room” (Bengel). - The word “cumber” here means to render “barren” or “sterile.” By taking up the juices of the earth, this useless tree rendered the ground sterile, and prevented the growth of the neighboring vines. The moment the life does not master the forces which come, that moment it begins to lose its own vitality, and therefore silent mastery of an outward world is life. The Codex Bezae has added here, φερε την αξινην, Bring the axe and cut it down. We do not know. Why does it also act as a burden on the ground?”. Behold, these three years - a long enough trial for a fig tree, and so denoting probably just a sufficient period of culture for spiritual fruit. As God, he is called my Fellow. 2 He began to teach them, saying: . Niclas, entitled, Δενδρον ακαρπον καρποφορειν, How to make a barren tree fruitful. Is there more than one way this can be understood to mean the keeper of the vineyard to be a sole pastor? During the whole three years again and again. 35. He knew Jesus would be despised by the Jews and crucified on a Roman cross. Besides bearing no fruit it occupies space which might be more profitably filled.— (here and in Paul’s epistles), renders useless; Vulgate, occupat, practically if not verbally the right rendering. Men ask, "Are you fit to die?" Behold, these three years I come— See how long I have waited, even three years past, in vain, and still this fig-tree is entirely barren: cut it down; why should it any longer take up the place of better plants, and draw away the fructifying juices of my ground, which might be profitable to other trees? Cumbereth expresses the meaning in a very general and comprehensive way. en. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is published by Jehovah’s Witnesses. 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. The visits of God are secret and unrecognized, though they be ever recurring. Jesus teaches that “suffering” doesn’t imply “sinfulness” (13:1-5) before telling a parable about mercy (cf. "Bean straw (manure of that material), scattered about the roots of the tree, will make it fruitful." But it has already been remarked that St. Luke never studies chronological arrangement. Christ was to die, the Church was to be born and many were to come to faith in Jesus as the Messiah, before that year was completed - and judgement should have fallen on the nation. a 4 * Blessed are they who mourn, b. for they will be comforted. See the Preface to this Gospel. Some think Christ here refers to the three years of his public ministry, which he had now gone through among the Jews with little success; but he seems rather to allude to the nature of fig trees, which, if fruitful, bear in three years time; for even בנות שוח, "a sort of white figs", which are the longest before they bring forth fruit to perfection, yet their fruit is ripe in three years time. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? time.". - "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge". Knowing that the vineyard's owner had every reason to be disappointed with the barren tree, the keeper intercedes for the tree's life, asking for another year. 10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. I. Figure of speech Asterismos. Chaninah said, My son Shibchah had not died, had he not cut down a fig-tree before its — That is, not only bear no fruit itself, but take up the ground of another tree that would. On the other end of the synagogue healing is another parable, about how God’s kingdom grows (i.e., mustard seed and yeast) … Cut it down. For three successive years he had been disappointed. Occurs only here. It means the bait-stick of a trap, that which triggers off trouble (the corresponding verb is found in 7:23). They urge, 'And what of the - not only doing no good, but wasting ground. 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