Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
| Word | Greek | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saying | λέγοντες legontes | G3004 | properly · verb — present active participle, nominative plural masculine |
| These | οὗτοι houtoi | G3778 | the he (she or it) · demonstrative pronoun — nominative plural masculine |
| last | ἔσχατοι eschatoi | G2078 | farthest · adjective — nominative plural masculine |
| have wrought | ἐποίησαν, epoiēsan | G4160 | to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural |
| one | μίαν mian | G1520 | one · adjective — accusative singular feminine |
| hour | ὥραν hōran | G5610 | an "hour" (literally or figuratively) · noun — accusative singular feminine |
| and | καὶ kai | G2532 | and · conjunction |
| thou hast made | ἐποίησας, epoiēsas | G4160 | to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular |
| them | αὐτοὺς autous | G846 | the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative plural masculine |
| equal | ἴσους isous | G2470 | similar (in amount and kind) · adjective — accusative plural masculine |
| unto us | ἡμῖν hēmîn | G2254 | to (or for |
| which have borne | βαστάσασιν bastasasin | G941 | to lift · verb — aorist active participle, dative plural masculine |
| the burden | βάρος baros | G922 | compare G899 (βάθος)) · noun — accusative singular neuter |
| and | καὶ kai | G2532 | and · conjunction |
| heat | καύσωνα. kausōna | G2742 | a glare · noun — accusative singular masculine |
| of the day | ἡμέρας hēmeras | G2250 | day · noun — genitive singular feminine |
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Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat--the burning heat. of the day--who have wrought not only longer but during a more trying period of the day.
Saying, these last have wrought but one hour,.... Thinking it hard, that they should have the same reward for the service of one hour, others had for the service of many. This is grudged by the Jews (x); ""Bath Kol", a voice from heaven, went out and said, "Ketiah bar Shallum", is prepared for the life of the world to come; Rabbi wept, and said, there is that obtains his world (or the world to come for himself) , "in one hour"; and there is that obtains it in many years.'' The same observation is also made by the same person, on account of R. Eleazar ben Durdia (y). So in the parable of the Jews above mentioned, which is the broken remains of a common proverb among them like (z) this; it i…
Read the whole note in the consoleMatthew 20:1-16 Matthew 20:1-16 1. For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder, who went out at break of day to hire laborers into his vineyard. 2. And having made an agreement with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3. And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the market-place. 4. And he said to them, Go you also into the vineyard, and whatever shall be right I will give you. 5. And they went away. And again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and acted in the same manner. 6. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why stand you here all the day idle? 7. They say to h…
Read the whole note in the consolePayment followed the day’s work (Deut 24:14-15).
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(ubi sup.) Or; To bear the burden and heat of the day, is to be wearied through a life of long duration with the heats of the flesh. But it may be asked, How can they be said to murmur, when they are called to the kingdom of heaven? For none who murmurs shall receive the kingdom, and none who receives that can murmur. (ubi sup.) Or because the old fathers down to the Lord's coming, notwithstanding their righteous lives, were not brought to the kingdom, this murmur is theirs. But we who have come at the eleventh hour, do not murmur after our labours, forasmuch as having come into this world after the coming of the Mediator, we are brought to the kingdom as soon as ever we depart out of the body.
But it can be asked how those who are called to the kingdom even at a late hour are said to have murmured. For no one who murmurs receives the kingdom of heaven, and no one who receives it can murmur. But because the ancient fathers, up until the coming of the Lord, no matter how justly they had lived, were not led to the kingdom unless He descended who would open the gates of paradise to men by the interposition of His death, their murmuring was this very thing: that they both lived rightly for the sake of receiving the kingdom, and yet were long delayed in receiving the kingdom. For those whom the places of hell, however tranquil, received after their righteousness was completed, for them indeed it was both to have labored in the vineyard and to have murmured. Therefore they receive the denarius as if after murmuring, who after long periods in hell arrived at the joys of the kingdom. But we who come at the eleventh hour do not murmur after our labor and receive the denarius, because after the coming of the Mediator, coming into this world, we are led to the kingdom as soon as we depart from the body, and we receive without delay what the ancient fathers deserved to receive with great delay.
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