And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
| Word | Greek | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| And | καὶ kai | G2532 | and · conjunction |
| when they came | ἐλθόντες elthontes | G2064 | to come or go (in a great variety of applications · verb — second aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine |
| that | οἱ hoi | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied · article — nominative plural masculine |
| about | περὶ peri | G4012 | properly · preposition |
| the | ὥραν hōran | G5610 | an "hour" (literally or figuratively) · noun — accusative singular feminine |
| eleventh | ἑνδεκάτην hendekatēn | G1734 | eleventh · adjective — accusative singular feminine |
| hour | ὥρα hṓra | G5610 | an "hour" (literally or figuratively) |
| they received | ἔλαβον elabon | G2983 | while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural |
| every man | ἀνὰ ana | G303 | properly · preposition |
| a penny | δηνάριον. dēnarion | G1220 | a denarius (or ten asses) · noun — accusative singular neuter |
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And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny--a full day's wages.
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour,.... Who were the last that were hired; and signify either such, as are called in their last days, in old age; or Gentile sinners; or the last of God's elect, that will be called by grace, in the end of the world: they received every man a penny: the same they first agreed for, that were hired early into the vineyard; and all, and every man alike, not one more and another less. So the same church privileges and immunities are common to all believers, Jews or Gentiles, sooner or later called; and equal title give to the same eternal life and happiness, which will be enjoyed alike, by one saint as another: they are all loved with the…
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.) They get alike a denarius who have wrought since the eleventh hour, (for they sought it with their whole soul,) and who have wrought since the first. They, that is, who were called from the beginning of the world have alike received the reward of eternal happiness, with those who come to the Lord in the end of the world.
(de Sanc. Virg. 26.) Because that life eternal shall be equal to all the saints, a denarius is given to all; but forasmuch as in that life eternal the light of merits shall shine diversely, there are with the Father many mansions; so that under this same denarius bestowed unequally one shall not live longer than another, but in the many mansions one shall shine with more splendour than another.
How many fathers were there before the law, how many under the law, and yet those who were called at the Lord's coming arrived at the kingdom of heaven without any delay. Therefore those who labored until the eleventh hour receive the same denarius that those who labored from the first hour awaited with all their desire, because those who came to the Lord at the end of the world obtained an equal reward of eternal life with those who had been called from the beginning of the world.
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