LUKE 20:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.”
Then the owner of the vineyard said, what shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him — what shall I do: the owner's reasoning. I will send my son, whom I love: the beloved son who will be recognized as the heir — perhaps they will respect him. The perhaps communicates both the owner's hope and the risk.
Church Fathers on Luke 20:13
The rulers of the Jewish people being now assembled together in the temple, Christ put forth a parable foretelling by a figure the things they were about to do to Him, and the rejection that was in store for them.
Matthew has omitted for brevity’s sake what Luke has not; namely, that the parable was spoken not to the rulers only who asked concerning His authority, but also to the people.
Now many derive different meanings from the name vineyard, but Esaias clearly relates the vineyard of the Lord of Sabaoth to be the house of Israel. This vineyard who else but God planted?
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