LUKE 20:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.”
But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. This is the heir, they said. Let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours — when they saw him: the recognition of the heir. This is the heir — let's kill him and take the inheritance: the deliberate, premeditated murder of the known heir. The parable's transparency is complete — the Sanhedrin will know they are the tenants.
Church Fathers on Luke 20:14
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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