Luk 6:44 | RWP | e4.org | Is known ( γινωσκετα ). The fruit of each tree reveals its actual character. It is the final test. This sentence is not in , but the same idea is in the repeated saying ( , ): "By their fruits ye shall know them," where the verb epignosesthe means full knowledge. The question in is put here in positive declarative form. The verb is in the plural for "men" or "people," συλλεγουσιν . See on . Bramble bush ( βατου ). Old word, quoted from the LXX in ; (from ) about the burning bush that Moses saw, and by Stephen ( , ) referring to the same incident. Nowhere else in the N.T. "Galen has a chapter on its medicinal uses, and the medical writings abound in prescriptions of which it is an ingredient" (Vincent). Gather ( τρυγωσιν ). A verb common in Greek writers for gathering ripe fruit. In the N.T. only here and . Grapes ( σταφυλην ). Cluster of grapes.

‏ Luke 6:44

Is known ( γινωσκετα ). The fruit of each tree reveals its actual character. It is the final test. This sentence is not in Mt 7:17-20, but the same idea is in the repeated saying (Mt 7:16, 20): "By their fruits ye shall know them," where the verb

epignosesthe means full knowledge. The question in Mt 7:16 is put here in positive declarative form. The verb is in the plural for "men" or "people," συλλεγουσιν. See on Mt 7:16.

Bramble bush ( βατου ). Old word, quoted from the LXX in Mr 12:26; Lu 20:37 (from Ex 3:6) about the burning bush that Moses saw, and by Stephen (Ac 7:30, 35) referring to the same incident. Nowhere else in the N.T. "Galen has a chapter on its medicinal uses, and the medical writings abound in prescriptions of which it is an ingredient" (Vincent).

Gather ( τρυγωσιν ). A verb common in Greek writers for gathering ripe fruit. In the N.T. only here and Re 14:18f.

Grapes ( σταφυλην ). Cluster of grapes.