Matthew 21:45-22:14 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:45

Pharisees . They have not been specially mentioned hitherto, but they formed the majority in the Sanhedrin, and are properly here named by the evangelist. He spake of them . They could not fail, especially after Matthew 21:43 , to see the drift of the parables; their own consciences must have made them feel that they themselves were herein signified, their motives and conduct fully discovered. But, as bad men always act, instead of repenting of the evil, they are only exasperated against... 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 21:44-46

Matthew 21:44-46. Whosoever shall fall on this stone Which the builders have rejected, but which God will make the head of the corner; that is, whosoever shall stumble at me and my doctrine, while I am here on earth in this humble form; shall be broken Shall receive much damage. This is spoken in allusion to a person stumbling on a stone, thrown aside as useless; but on whomsoever it shall fall When raised up to the head of the corner; it will grind him to powder Like a brittle... 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 21:45

perceived = got to know. Greek. ginosko. App-132 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 21:45

And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.With the two parables recorded in this chapter, Christ finally got through to the Pharisaical intelligence! Before that time, it appears that they regarded his parables as too homely and simple to be worthy of their lordly attention. Apparently they discounted them as having no pertinent application to things they were interested in. But at last, under the hammer blows of logical truth, their... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 21:45

Matthew 21:45. They perceived that he spake of them— One would think they could have been at no loss for the interpretation of the parable, considering how nearly it resembles that in Isaiah 5:1. &c. with which they were doubtless well acquainted: only it is to be observed, that there Israel is the vineyard; here the true religion is represented under that figure. Accordingly it is there threatened, that the vineyard should be destroyed; but here, that it should be let out to other... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 21:45

45. And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables—referring to that of the Two Sons and this one of the Wicked Husbandmen. they perceived that he spake of them. 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