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
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
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 21:35
Took his servants . The exaction of rent in kind has always been a fruitful source of dispute, fraud, and discontent. In the Jewish Church God's messengers had been ill treated and put to death (see Matthew 23:34-37 ). "Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?" cried St. Stephen; "and they have slain them which showed before the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been the betrayers and murderers" ( Acts 7:52 ). Beat … killed … stoned. A climax of iniquity and guilt.... 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
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 21:35
beat one, &c. = one they beat, and one they killed, and one they stoned. and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton, App-6 . another = one. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 21:35
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.Such maltreatment of God's messengers, the prophets, is detailed in Hebrews 11:37,38; Jeremiah 37:15; and other passages which stress the abuse which was heaped upon God's servants, the prophets. Matthew 23:31-35 and Acts 7:52 reveal that both Christ and Stephen the martyr made very pointed references to the same maltreatment of the prophets. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 21:35
35. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one—see Jeremiah 37:15; Jeremiah 38:6. and killed another—see Jeremiah 26:20-23. and stoned another—see 2 Chronicles 24:21. Compare with this whole verse Matthew 21:35; Matthew 23:37, where our Lord reiterates these charges in the most melting strain. read more
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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