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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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ULTYou are already clean through the word that I have spoken to you.
USTYou are like branches that have already been cleaned by pruning because of the teaching that I have told you before.
BSBYou are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
BLBAlready you are clean by reason of the word that I have spoken to you.
AICNT“You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you;
OEBYou are already clean because of the message that I have given you.
2DT You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
WEBBEYou are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
BshpsNowe are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you. (Now are ye/you_all clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.)
GnvaNowe are ye cleane through the worde, which I haue spoken vnto you. (Now are ye/you_all clean through the word, which I have spoken unto you. )
CvdlNow are ye cleane, because of the worde, that I haue spoke vnto you. (Now are ye/you_all cleane, because of the word, that I have spoke unto you.)
TNTNow are ye cleane thorow the wordes which I have spoke vnto you. (Now are ye/you_all clean through the words which I have spoke unto you. )
WycNow ye ben clene, for the word that Y haue spokun to you. (Now ye/you_all been clene, for the word that I have spokun to you.)
LuthIhr seid jetzt rein um des Worts willen, das ich zu euch geredet habe. (You seid jetzt rein around/by/for the word willen, the I to you geredet have.)
ClVgJam vos mundi estis propter sermonem quem locutus sum vobis.[fn] (Yam you mundi estis propter conversation which spoke I_am vobis. )
15.3Propter sermonem, etc. Non ait: propter aquam baptismi, quia et ipsa sine verbo est solum aqua, per verbum fit sacramentum.
15.3Because conversation, etc. Non he_said: propter waterm baptismi, because and herself without verbo it_is solum water, through the_word fit sacramentum.
UGNTἤδη ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε, διὰ τὸν λόγον ὃν λελάληκα ὑμῖν. (aʸdaʸ humeis katharoi este, dia ton logon hon lelalaʸka humin.)
SBL-GNTἤδη ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε διὰ τὸν λόγον ὃν λελάληκα ὑμῖν· (aʸdaʸ humeis katharoi este dia ton logon hon lelalaʸka humin;)
TC-GNTἬδη ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε διὰ τὸν λόγον ὃν λελάληκα ὑμῖν. (Aʸdaʸ humeis katharoi este dia ton logon hon lelalaʸka humin. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
15:1-27 Jesus prepared his disciples for his departure, instructing them to remain in close fellowship with him. The image of a grapevine illustrates both intimacy and fruitfulness. To sustain genuine spiritual life in the world, believers must remain intimately connected to Christ.
The Greek term menō, often translated “remain,” “stay,” or “abide,” occurs frequently in relation to Jesus’ descriptions of profound, intimate, and enduring relationships. For example, Jesus said, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to [menō en, ‘stay in’] my teachings” (John 8:31). The idea is that a disciple’s life is fully formed by Jesus’ word. Jesus also described how the Son is in the Father and the Father is in the Son (John 14:10-11). Likewise, when we remain in Christ, the Son is in us and we are in the Father and the Son (17:21-23). Both the Father and the Son come and make their home within disciples.
This mutual indwelling is precisely what it means that the disciple remains in Christ. We cannot gain the permanence of our relationship by our own effort; this relationship is only made permanent by the gracious initiative of God indwelling our lives through his Spirit. This means commitment on the part of both God and the disciple. The mutual indwelling between God and the believer is not a fleeting or temporary commitment, but an enduring, permanent, and eternal relationship (see 1 Jn 2:14, 17).
The word translated clean is related to the word translated “prunes” in the previous verse. Here Jesus uses clean to imply that the branches have already been cleaned by pruning off the excess parts. If this might confuse your readers, you could use a simile. Alternate translation: “You are like branches that have already been pruned and are clean”
Here, word refers to the message or teachings of Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the message”
On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.
