Matthew:21:33-46

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rwp @Matthew:21:33 @{A hedge } (\phragmon \). Or fence as a protection against wild beasts . {Digged a winepress } (\“ruxen l ˆnon \). Out of the solid rock to hold the grapes and wine as they were crushed . Such wine-vats are to be seen today in Palestine . {Built a tower } (\“ikodom ˆsen purgon \). This for the vinedressers and watchmen (2Chronicles:26:10 |). Utmost care was thus taken . Note "a booth in a vineyard " (Isaiah:1:8 |). See also strkjv @Isaiah:24:20 ; strkjv @Job:27:18 |. Let it out (\exedeto , exedoto \ the usual form ). For hire , the terms not being given . The lease allowed three forms , money-rent , a proportion of the crop , or a definite amount of the produce whether it was a good or bad year . Probably the last form is that contemplated here . rwp @Matthew:21:34 @{His servants } (\tous doulous autou \). These slaves are distinguished from {the husbandmen } (\ge “rgoi \, workers of the soil ) or workers of the vineyard who had leased it from the householder before he went away . The conduct of the husbandmen towards the householder 's slaves portrays the behaviour of the Jewish people and the religious leaders in particular towards the prophets and now towards Christ . The treatment of God 's prophets by the Jews pointedly illustrates this parable . rwp @Matthew:21:35 @{They will reverence my son } (\entrap ˆsontai ton huion mou \). Second future passive from \entrep “\, to turn at , but used transitively here as though active or middle . It is the picture of turning with respect when one worthy of it appears . rwp @Matthew:21:38 @{Take his inheritance } (\sch “men t ˆn kl ˆronomian autou \). Ingressive aorist active subjunctive (hortatory , volitive ) of \ech “\. Let us get his inheritance . rwp @Matthew:21:41 @{He will miserably destroy those miserable men } (\kakous kak “s apolesei autous \). The paronomasia or assonance is very clear . A common idiom in literary Greek . "He will put the wretches to a wretched death " (Weymouth ). {Which } (\hoitines \). Who , which very ones of a different character . rwp @Matthew:21:42 @{The stone which } (\lithon hon \). Inverse attraction of the antecedent into the case of the relative . {The builders rejected } (\apedokimasan hoi oikodomountes \). From strkjv @Psalms:118:22 |. A most telling quotation . These experts in building God 's temple had rejected the corner-stone chosen by God for his own house . But God has the last word and sets aside the building experts and puts his Son as the Head of the corner . It was a withering indictment . rwp @Matthew:21:43 @{Shall be taken away from you } (\arth ˆsetai aph ' h –m “n \). Future passive indicative of \air “\. It was the death-knell of the Jewish nation with their hopes of political and religious world leadership . rwp @Matthew:21:44 @{Shall be broken to pieces } (\sunthlasth ˆsetai \). Some ancient manuscripts do not have this verse . But it graphically pictures the fate of the man who rejects Christ . The verb means to shatter . We are familiar with an automobile that dashes against a stone wall , a tree , or a train and the ruin that follows . {Will scatter him as dust } (\likm ˆsei \). The verb was used of winnowing out the chaff and then of grinding to powder . This is the fate of him on whom this Rejected Stone falls . rwp @Matthew:21:45 @{Perceived } (\egn “san \). Ingressive second aorist active of \gin “sk “\. There was no mistaking the meaning of these parables . The dullest could see the point . rwp @Matthew:21:46 @{Took him } (\eichon \). Descriptive imperfect of \ech “\, to hold . This fear of the people was all that stayed the hands of the rabbis on this occasion . Murderous rage was in their hearts towards Jesus . People do not always grasp the application of sermons to themselves .

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