Matthew 21:33, Matthew 21:34 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:33

The wicked husbandmen. This parable belongs to the series in which our Lord shows up his enemies, and reveals to them at once their own shameless schemings, and his complete knowledge of their devices. But while the relation of the parable to those Pharisees should be recognized, it is necessary also to see that the man of God can never let the evils of his age alone. Those Pharisees were holding men in creed and ceremonial bondage; Christ did not attack them because of their personal enmity... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:33-41

The parable of the vineyard. The vineyard is a favourite image in the Bible, and the mention of it by Christ would call to mind in his hearers the Old Testament illustrations of Israel. But more than Israel the nation must be intended by our Lord, because the vineyard is to go on after the destruction of the Jewish state. Our thoughts are therefore directed to the kingdom of heaven, partially realized in Israel, more fully realized in the Christian Church, but always a spiritual vineyard. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:33-44

Parable of the wicked husbandmen. The priests and elders already stood convicted of having incapacitated themselves for recognizing the Divine in Jesus. But theirs was not the guilt of common unbelievers. It was not merely their personal, hut their official duty to keep themselves awake to the Divine, by righteousness of life. It was the duty for which their office existed. They are as agents whom a man has appointed to manage his business, and who use their position only to enrich... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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 21:33

Matthew 21:33. Hear another parable In which you are very nearly concerned, as your own consciences must quickly tell you. In the preceding parable of the two sons, our Lord convicted the Pharisees, the chief priests, and elders, of absolute disobedience to God, their heavenly Father, notwithstanding all their fair speeches and smooth promises: here he rises upon them, and shows them, as in a glass, the high privileges they enjoyed; and their exceeding great ingratitude, that, if... 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 21:33

another. Greek. alios. App-124 .: i.e. a similar. The second parable spoken in the Temple. householder = master of a house. hedged it round about = placed about it a fence. winepress. Septuagint for Hebrew. gath, the press, not the vat. Isaiah 5:2 . tower. For the watchmen. See Isaiah 1:8 ; Isaiah 5:2 ; Isaiah 24:20 . Job 27:18 . let it out. There were three kinds of leases: (1) where the labourers received a proportion of the produce for their payment; (2) where full rent was paid; (3)... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 21:33

Hear another parable: There was a man that was an householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedges about it, and digged a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country, ... THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED FARMERSThe following analogies are discernible in this parable: The householder is God. The vineyard represents the privilege of the Jewish nation. The planting of the vineyard refers to God's establishment of Israel as a favored nation. The... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:33-41

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:33-44

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:33-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:33-46

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 21:33

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:33-46

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 21:33

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 21:33

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