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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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:42

Every time Jesus said, "Did you never read?" He was stressing that the Scriptures pointed to Him (cf. Matthew 12:3; Matthew 12:5; Matthew 19:4; Matthew 21:16; Matthew 22:31; Mark 12:10). In these instances He also referred to well known texts, but He used them in unexpected ways. Jesus changed the figure from a vineyard to a building. This quotation is from Psalms 118:22-23. It probably originally described David, Jesus’ ancestor and type. All Israel’s leaders including Samuel and Saul had... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:43

This verse continues to explain the parable of the wicked tenant farmers. Because Israel’s leaders had failed to produce the fruit God desired and had slain His Son, He would remove responsibility and privilege from them and give that to another "nation" or "people" (Gr. ethnei). What God did was transfer responsibility for preparing for the kingdom from Israel and give it to a different group, namely, the church (cf. Acts 13:46; Acts 18:5-6; Romans 10:19; 1 Peter 2:9). David Turner argued that... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:44

The capstone, the top stone on a wall or parapet around a flat-roofed building, could and did become a stumbling block to some. Many Jews similarly tripped over Jesus’ identity and plunged to their destruction. Likewise a capstone could fall on someone below and crush him or her. These are allusions to Isaiah 8:14-15 and Daniel 2:35; Daniel 2:44-45. Jesus was a dangerous person as well as God’s chosen representative and the occupier of God’s choice position in His building, Israel. Jesus was... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:45-46

The meaning of Jesus’ words was clear to Israel’s leaders who heard Him. Matthew probably described them as chief priests, who were mostly Sadducees, and Pharisees because these were the two leading parties within Judaism. Together these two groups stood for all the Jewish authorities who opposed Jesus.Rather than fearing Jesus, whom they understood claimed to be the instrument of their final judgment, these leaders feared the multitudes whose power over them was much less. Rather than... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 21:42

21:42 scriptures, (d-11) Psalms 118:22-23 . corner-stone. (e-23) Lit. 'Head of corner.' this (f-24) 'This' refers grammatically to 'corner-stone.' read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:1-46

The Triumphal Entry. Cleansing of the TempleChronology of the Last Week of Christ’s Life, commonly called Holy Week (chiefly after Hastings’ ’Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels’).Sabbath, Nisan 8. Arrival at Bethany (John 12:1). Supper in the evening (John 12:2-8; Matthew 26:6-13, where see notes).Palm Sunday, Nisan 9. Triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1). The children’s Hosannas, and healings in the Temple (Matthew 21:14-16). Return to Bethany (Matthew 21:17).Monday, Nisan 10.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 21:42

(42) Did ye never read. . . .?—The quotation is remarkable as being found (Psalms 118:22) in the immediate context of the verse which had supplied the “hosanna” shouts of the multitude on the preceding day. In the primary meaning of the Psalm, the illustration seems to have been drawn from one of the stones, quarried, hewn, and marked, away from the site of the Temple, which the builders, ignorant of the head architect’s plans, had put on one side, as having no place in the building, but which... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 21:44

(44) Whosoever shall fall on this stone.—There is a manifest reference to the “stumbling and falling and being broken” of Isaiah 8:14-15. In the immediate application of the words, those who “fell” were those who were “offended” at the outward lowliness of Him who came as the carpenter’s son, and died a malefactor’s death. That “fall” brought with it pain and humiliation. High hopes had to be given up, the proud heart to be bruised and broken. But there the fall was not irretrievable. The... read more

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