LUKE 20:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed — falls on the stone: crushed (synthlasthēsetai). The stone falls on: pulverized (likmēsei). The cornerstone is the point of division — encounter with the rejected-but-exalted stone produces either brokenness or destruction.
Church Fathers on Luke 20:18
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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