Luke 20:13-15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 20:9-19

Christ spoke this parable against those who were resolved not to own his authority, though the evidence of it was ever so full and convincing; and it comes very seasonably to show that by questioning his authority they forfeited their own. Their disowning the lord of their vineyard was a defeasance of their lease of the vineyard, and giving up of all their title. I. The parable has nothing added here to what we had before in Matthew and Mark. The scope of it is to show that the Jewish nation,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 20:9-18

20:9-18 Jesus began to speak this parable to the people. "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants, and went away for a long time. At the proper time he despatched a servant to the tenants so that they might give him his share of the fruit of the vineyard. The tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. He went on to send another servant. They beat him, too, and maltreated him, and sent him away empty-handed. He went on to send a third. This one they wounded and threw out. The... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:13

Then said the Lord of the vineyard ,.... Who planted it, and let it out to husbandmen, and expected fruit from it, and sent his servants from time to time for it: what shall I do ? or what can be done more than has been done? Isaiah 5:4 who else can be sent that is likely to do any good with such an ungrateful and unfruitful people? I will send my beloved Son ; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who lay in his bosom, was the darling of his soul, and the delight of his heart;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:14

But when the husbandmen saw him ,.... In human nature, heard him preach, and observed the miracles done by him: they reasoned among themselves ; as the Scribes and Pharisees, and elders of the people often did: saying, this is the heir ; the heir of God, being his Son; and so the Ethiopic version; "this Son is his heir", or the heir of the vineyard; being, by appointment, heir of all things, and by his descent from David heir to the kingdom of Israel; come, let us kill him, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:15

So they cast him out of the vineyard ,.... Rejected him as the Messiah, even denied that he was of the Jewish nation; said he was a Samaritan, and delivered him to the Gentiles that were without, and were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel; and at last had him without their city, and put him to death, as follows: and killed him ; the Prince of life, the Lord of glory, and heir of all things; see Acts 2:23 what therefore shall the Lord of the vineyard do unto them ? the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 20:1-19

Christ's collision with the Sanhedrin. We have studied Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem and his cleansing of the temple. And now we have to notice the interruptions to which he was subjected as he improved his last days of ministration in the temple-court. He had exercised authority in God's house, he was also teaching with authority the people; hence the Jewish rulers came, demanding from him the sign of his authority to do so. As with many still, there is great demand for signs,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 20:9-19

Parable of the wicked husbandmen in the vineyard, and the simile of the corner-stone. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 20:13

Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do! I will send my beloved son . The guilt of the husbandmen who acted as vine-dressers here reached its highest measure. The words represented here by Jesus as spoken by God, possess the deepest doctrinal value. They, under the thin veil of the parable-story, answer the question of the Sanhedrim ( Luke 20:2 ), "By what authority doest thou these things?" The deliberative words, "What shall I do?" recall the Divine dialogue alluded to in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 20:14

But when the husbandmen saw him; they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours . The husbandmen are represented as knowing the son and heir. Nor can we resist the conclusion that some at least of those grave learned men who sat in the Sanhedrim as priests or scribes well knew who the Speaker of the awful words claimed to be, and, in resisting him and seeking his destruction, were deliberately sinning against the voice of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 20:15-16

So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him . The parable-story of itself was an improbable one. The conduct of the husbandmen, the long patience of the owner of the vineyard, his last act in sending his beloved and only son, ― all this makes up a history without a parallel in human experience. Yet this is an exact sketch of what did actually take place in the eventful story of Israel! What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? He shall come and destroy these... read more

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