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The true vine (ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀληθινὴ)
Literally, the vine, the true (vine). True, genuine, answering to the perfect ideal. See on Joh 1:9. The vine was a symbol of the ancient church. See the passages cited above, and Hos 10:1; Mat 21:33; Luk 13:6.
Husbandman (γεωργός)
From γῆ, the earth, and ἔργω, to work. The vine-dresser is ἀμπελουργός, occurring only at Luk 13:7; but the office of the vine-dresser is a subordinate one, while γεωργός may indicate the proprietor. See 2Ch 26:10 (Sept.), where the word is applied to King Uzziah. So of Noah, Gen 9:20. In Mat 21:33-41, the γεωργοὶ represent the chiefs and leaders of the Jews. Wyc., an earth-tiller.