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James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 21:46

And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.The die was then cast. Before that week ended, those evil men would by falsehood, suborned and lying witness, political pressure, intimidation, and mob violence, accomplish his crucifixion, under Christ's permissive will, and with themselves and others as the instruments of Satan. They would seek and find a traitor among the Twelve. They would disperse the vast concourse of people who loved... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 21:40-42

Matthew 21:40-42. When the Lord therefore—cometh— According to St. Mark and St. Luke, Jesus answered this question himself; which, according to St. Matthew, the priests answered: this apparent inconsistency may be reconciled by supposing, that after they had said to him, God forbid! as St. Luke tells us, they repeated his words ironically,—he will miserably destroy those wicked men, &c. speaking with a tone of voice expressive of the disposition of their mind, and then added contemptuously,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 21:43-44

Matthew 21:43-44. Therefore I say unto you, &c.— "For the reason that God has expressly foretold this judgement shall happen to you, and because it is a most righteous and equitable judgement, I assure you it will fall upon you, however you may despise or disbelieve it. The theocracy,—the outward oeconomy of religion, which you have long enjoyed very unprofitably, shall be taken from you, and given to the Gentiles; who, whatever you may think of them, will improve it far better than you... 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 21:42

42. Jesus saith unto them. Did ye never read in the scriptures— (Psalms 118:22; Psalms 118:23). The stone which the builders rejected, &c.—A bright Messianic prophecy, which reappears in various forms (Isaiah 28:16, &c.), and was made glorious use of by Peter before the Sanhedrim (Acts 4:11). He recurs to it in his first epistle (Acts 4:11- :). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 21:43

43. Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God—God's visible Kingdom, or Church, upon earth, which up to this time stood in the seed of Abraham. shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof—that is, the great evangelical community of the faithful, which, after the extrusion of the Jewish nation, would consist chiefly of Gentiles, until "all Israel should be saved" (Romans 11:25; Romans 11:26). This vastly important statement is given by Matthew only. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 21:44

44. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder—The Kingdom of God is here a Temple, in the erection of which a certain stone, rejected as unsuitable by the spiritual builders, is, by the great Lord of the House, made the keystone of the whole. On that Stone the builders were now "falling" and being "broken" ( :-). They were sustaining great spiritual hurt; but soon that Stone should "fall upon them" and "grind them to... 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 21:46

46. But when they sought to lay hands on him—which Luke ( :-) says they did "the same hour," hardly able to restrain their rage. they feared the multitude—rather, "the multitudes." because they took him for a prophet—just as they feared to say John's baptism was of men, because the masses took him for a prophet ( :-). Miserable creatures! So, for this time, "they left Him and went their way" ( :-). 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

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