And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
| Word | Greek | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| And | καὶ kai | G2532 | and · conjunction |
| he went out | ἐξελθὼν exelthōn | G1831 | to issue (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine |
| about | περὶ peri | G4012 | properly · preposition |
| the | ὥραν hōran | G5610 | an "hour" (literally or figuratively) · noun — accusative singular feminine |
| third | τρίτην tritēn | G5154 | third · adjective — accusative singular feminine |
| hour | ὥρα hṓra | G5610 | an "hour" (literally or figuratively) |
| and saw | εἶδεν eiden | G1492 | used only in certain past tenses · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular |
| others | ἄλλους allous | G243 | "else · adjective — accusative plural masculine |
| standing | ἑστῶτας hestōtas | G2476 | to stand (transitively or intransitively) · verb — perfect active participle, accusative plural masculine |
| idle | ἀργούς argous | G692 | inactive · adjective — accusative plural masculine |
| in | ἐν en | G1722 | "in · preposition |
| the marketplace | ἀγορᾷ agora | G58 | probably akin to G1453 (ἐγείρω)) · noun — dative singular feminine |
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And he went out about the third hour--about nine o'clock, or after a fourth of the working day had expired: the day of twelve hours was reckoned from six to six. and saw others standing idle in the market place--unemployed.
And he went out about the third hour,.... About nine o'clock in the morning, and saw others standing idle in the market place: the place where labourers used to be hired: and may design the world, because a place full of people, and of great wickedness, for the whole world lies in it; a place of trade and traffic in worldly things, and likewise of worldly and carnal pleasure, and also of idleness. Now God's elect before calling, are in this place: they are natives of it, have their conversation according to it: here Christ came in person, and here he sends his ministers, his Gospel, to find them out, and by his Spirit and grace he calls them from hence; so that afterwards they are no more o…
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 consoleThis parable is similar to the parable of the Lost Son (Luke 15:11-32). In both, God’s grace is shown to two parties while one grumbles about unjust treatment.
The worker at dawn, the third, sixth, and ninth hour designates that ancient Hebrew people, who among their elect from the very beginning of the world, while they strove to worship God with right faith, did not cease, as it were, to labor in the cultivation of the vineyard.
(ubi sup.) The third hour is the period from Noah to Abraham; of which it is said, And he went out about the third hour; and saw others standing in the market-placeidle. (ubi sup.) He that lives to himself, and feeds on the delights of the flesh, is rightly accused as idle, forasmuch as he does not seek the fruit of godly labour.
Or, He did not call upon the labourers of the third hour for a complete task, but left to their own choice, how much they should work. For they might perform in the vineyard work equal to that of those who had wrought since the morning, if they chose to put forth upon their task an operative energy, such as had not yet been exerted.
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