He looked upon them (εμβλεψας αυτοις). Not in Mark and Matthew. First aorist active participle of εμβλεπω, to look on. It was a pi…

And he beheld them.—Better, He looked on them. The Greek verb implies the gaze turned and fixed on its object, i…

Eusebius of Caesarea: With the rulers of the Jewish people now assembled in the temple, Christ told a parable, symbolically…

And he beheld them
Looked very earnestly and wistly at them, speaking as it were by his looks, signifying, that trul…

Christ spoke this parable against those who resolved not to acknowledge His authority, though the evidence for it was so compelling. How many resem…