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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:33-46

Parable of the vineyard let out to husbandmen . ( Mark 12:1-12 ; Luke 20:9-19 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:33-46

Goodness and severity. In this parable Jesus sets forth the privileges, the sins, and the impending ruin of the Jewish people. It brings before us for our admonition— I. WHAT THE LORD DID FOR HIS PEOPLE . 1 . He became a Father to them. 2 . He gave them a rich inheritance. 3 . He made every provision for their benefit. (a) By the "law of commandments contained in ordinances" he separated his people from the idolatrous nations surrounding. (b) His... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:36

Other servants. God's loving kindness was not wearied out with the husbandmen's cruelty and violence. Each step of their wickedness and obstinacy was met with renewed mercy, with fresh calls to repentance. More ( πλει ì ονας ). More in number. In the latter days the number of God's messengers was much greater than in earlier times; so it is unnecessary to take πλει ì ονας in the sense of "more honourable," "of higher dignity," though such interpretation is supported by its... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 21:33-46

The parable of the vineyard - This is also recorded in Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19.Matthew 21:33Hear another parable - See the notes at Matthew 13:3.A certain householder - See the notes at Matthew 20:1.Planted a vineyard - A place for the cultivation of grapes. It is often used to represent the church of God. as a place cultivated and valuable. Judea was favorable to vines, and the figure is frequently used, therefore, in the sacred writers. See Matthew 20:1. It is used here to represent the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 21:34-39

Matthew 21:34-39. And when the time of fruit drew near And a return was to be made to the proprietor from the profits of the vineyard, which was only let out to these husbandmen, that they might render to him duly the fruits agreed on, namely, those of gratitude, love, and obedience; he sent his servants His extraordinary messengers, the prophets, to demand and receive those fruits; to instruct, exhort, and, when necessary, to reprove these occupiers of the vineyard. And the husbandmen ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:33-46

123. The wicked vineyard keepers (Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-18)This parable pictures Israel as a vineyard, God as the owner of the vineyard, and the Jewish religious leaders as the tenants who looked after it. Just as the tenants beat and killed the servants whom the owner sent to them, so Israel’s leaders persecuted and killed God’s messengers, from Old Testament prophets to John the Baptist. Now they were about to reject God’s Son himself (Matthew 21:33-39). By rejecting him... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 21:36

Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them in like manner.This verse only emphasizes the long-continued and aggravated misconduct of Israel with reference to God's prophets. Their long-standing procedure was to kill them in one generation and memorialize them in the next. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 21:36

36. Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they did unto them likewise—see 2 Kings 17:13; 2 Chronicles 36:16; 2 Chronicles 36:18; Nehemiah 9:26. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:18-46

C. Israel’s rejection of her King 21:18-22:46This section of Matthew’s Gospel presents Israel’s formal rejection of her Messiah. Jesus had made a formal presentation of Himself to the nation’s populace and leadership in the messianic capital with His triumphal entry (Matthew 21:1-17). Jesus’ earlier rejection had taken place in rural Galilee (ch. 12). Now Matthew recorded Israel’s response. [Note: For more light on the connections that unite this pericope with the previous one, see Mark... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:33-46

The parable of the wicked tenant farmers 21:33-46Jesus proceeded immediately to tell another parable. Luke wrote that Jesus addressed it to the crowds in the temple courtyard (Luke 20:9). The chief priests and elders continued to listen (Matthew 21:45-46). read more

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