Luke 13:9
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And if it bear fruit, well,.... If hereby barren professors, as the Jews, become fruitful, it is well, a good thing is done; it is well for themselves, they shall eat the fruit of their doings; it is…
This parable is intended to enforce that word of warning immediately going before, "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish; except you be reformed, you will be ruined, as the barren tree,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
if it bear fruit, well The -well" is not in the original, the idiom being a common but striking aposiopesis:i.e. the conclusion of the sentence is left to the speaker's imagination. The phrase…
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