When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
| Word | Greek | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| When | ὅταν hotan | G3752 | whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertain… · conjunction |
| the lord | κύριος kurios | G2962 | supreme in authority · noun — nominative singular masculine |
| therefore | οὖν oun | G3767 | (adverbially) certainly · conjunction |
| of the vineyard | ἀμπελῶνος, ampelōnos | G290 | a vineyard · noun — genitive singular masculine |
| cometh | ἔλθῃ elthē | G2064 | to come or go (in a great variety of applications · verb — second aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular |
| what | τί ti | G5101 | an interrogative pronoun · interrogative pronoun — accusative singular neuter |
| will he do | ποιήσει poiēsei | G4160 | to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — future active indicative, 3rd person singular |
| unto | γεωργοῖς geōrgois | G1092 | a land-worker · noun — dative plural masculine |
| those | ἐκείνοις; ekeinois | G1565 | that one (or (neuter) thing) · demonstrative pronoun — dative plural masculine |
| husbandmen | γεωργός geōrgós | G1092 | a land-worker |
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When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh--This represents "the settling time," which, in the case of the Jewish ecclesiastics, was that judicial trial of the nation and its leaders which issued in the destruction of their whole state. what will he do unto those husbandmen?
When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh,.... In a way of providence, to call these husbandmen to an account; not only for the fruit they were to bring to him; but for their barbarity to his servants, the prophets, time after time; and especially, for the inhuman usage and murder of his own son, what will he do unto those husbandmen? This question is put to the chief priests, elders, and Scribes: and they themselves, who are designed hereby, are made judges in this case, just as the inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah are, in Isaiah 5:4 which passage of Scripture our Lord had greatly in view when he spake this parable.
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 consoleWhen the owner of the vineyard returns refers to the Lord’s coming in judgment (see 16:27; 24:1-36).
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The Lord asks them not as though He did not know what they would answer, but that they might be condemned by their own answer.
(Verse 40, 41.) When therefore the Lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those farmers? They say to him: He will destroy those wicked men and will lease out his vineyard to other farmers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons. The Lord asks them not because he doesn't know what they will answer, but in order to condemn them by their own response. And a vineyard has been leased to us, and it has been leased under the condition that we render to the Lord the fruits in their seasons, and we should know at all times what we must either say or do.
And Luke indeed saith, that He declared what these men should suffer; and they said, "God forbid;" and He added the testimony of Scripture. For "He beheld them, and said, What is it then that is written? The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner; and every one that falleth upon it shall be broken." But Matthew, that they themselves delivered the sentence. But this is not a contradiction. For indeed both things were done, both themselves passed the sentence against themselves; and again, when they perceived what they had said, they added, "God forbid;" and He set up the prophet against them, persuading them that certainly this would be. Nevertheless, not even so did He plainly reveal the Gentiles, that He might afford them no handle, but signified it darkly by saying, "He will give the vineyard to others." For this purpose then did He speak by a parable, that themselves might pass the sentence, which was done in the case of David also, when He passed judgment on the parable of Nathan. But do thou mark, I pray thee, even hereby how just is the sentence, when the very persons that are to be punished condemn themselves.
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