Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
| Word | Greek | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Again | πάλιν palin | G3825 | (adverbially) anew · adverb |
| he sent | ἀπέστειλεν apesteilen | G649 | set apart · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular |
| other | ἄλλους allous | G243 | "else · adjective — accusative plural masculine |
| servants | δούλους doulous | G1401 | a slave (literal or figurative · noun — accusative plural masculine |
| more | πλείονας pleionas | G4119 | more in quantity · adjective — accusative plural masculine, comparative |
| than the first | πρώτων, prōtōn | G4413 | foremost (in time · adjective — genitive plural masculine |
| and | καὶ kai | G2532 | and · conjunction |
| they did | ἐποίησαν epoiēsan | G4160 | to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural |
| unto them | αὐτοῖς autois | G846 | the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative plural masculine |
| likewise | ὡσαύτως. hōsautōs | G5615 | as thus · adverb |
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Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they did unto them likewise--see Kg2 17:13; Ch2 36:16, Ch2 36:18; Neh 9:26.
Again he sent other servants,.... Meaning, perhaps, such as suffered in the times of the Maccabees: more than the first; their number was greater, though their office was the same, at least not higher: and they did unto them likewise; they beat them with rods, they killed them with the sword, and stoned them, Hebrews 11:36.
Matthew 21:33-46 Matthew 21:33-46 Mark 21:1-12 Luke 20:9-19 33. Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, who planted a vineyard, and surrounded it by a ditch, and dug a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and let it to husbandmen, and went abroad, 34. And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive its fruits. 35. And the husbandmen, having seized his servants, wounded one, killed another, and stoned another. 36. Again, he sent other servants more numerous [37] than the first, and they did to them in the same manner. 37. And last of all he sent to them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38. And when the…
Read the whole note in the consolesent his servants: The prophets had spoken God’s word to Israel. The tenant farmers represented the leaders of Israel, whom Jesus held responsible for the deaths of God’s prophets (23:29-37).
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These more than the first who were sent, denote that time, when, after the preaching of single Prophets, a great number was sent forth together.
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