Luke 20:9-19 NIV

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

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 20:19-26

20:19-26 The scribes and chief priests tried to lay hands on Jesus at that very hour; and they feared the people, for they realized that he spoke this parable to them. They watched for an opportunity, and they despatched spies, who pretended that they were genuinely concerned about the right thing to do, so that they might fasten on what he said and be able to hand him over to the power and the authority of the governor. They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:9

Then began he to speak to the people this parable ,.... According to the other evangelists it seems to be spoken to the chief priests, Scribes, and elders; and certain it is, that they looked upon themselves as struck at in it; it might be spoken to both. Christ having silenced the sanhedrim, turned himself to the people, and delivered the parable of the vineyard to them, though his principal view was to the priests: a certain man planted a vineyard ; the people of the Jews are designed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:10

And at the season ,.... Or "when it the time of fruit", as the Ethiopic version renders it, agreeably to See Gill on Matthew 21:34 , he sent a servant to the husbandmen ; or servants, as in Matthew 21:34 ; the prophets of the Lord, his messengers, whom he sent to them, to exhort them to bring forth the fruits of righteousness, as follows: that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard ; that is, that they, bringing forth good fruit in their lives and conversations,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:11

And again he sent another servant ,.... Or set of prophets in after times, and yet before the Babylonish captivity: and they beat him also ; as they had done the other; they continued in their malpractices, yea increased in them: and entreated him shamefully ; putting him to open shame, using him in a very ignominious and shameful manner, which it was a shame to relate, and which was shameful for them to do: and sent him away empty ; as they had done the other. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:12

And again he sent the third ,.... Perhaps after the return of the Jews from captivity, and between that time and the coming of Christ, in which interval many good men were used in a very inhuman manner, Hebrews 11:37 and they wounded him also ; by casting stones at him; see Mark 12:4 and cast him out ; of the vineyard. 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

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

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 20:19-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:12

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

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

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

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