They will reverence my son (εντραπησοντα τον υιον μου). Second future passive from εντρεπω, to turn at, but used transitively here…

And beat one. The word here translated beat properly means to flay, or to take off the skin. Hence, it means to beat or …

Beat one, and killed another—The language paints the general treatment of the prophets, with Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Zechariah the s…

You see at once how this parable related to the leaders of the Jewish people. From generation to generation, they scorned the prophets of God, pers…

St. John Chrysostom: The purpose of this further parable is to show that their guilt was heinous and unworthy of forgiveness. …

The tenants mistreat some servants (cf. Jeremiah 20:1–2), kill others (cf. 1 Kings 18:4, 13; Jeremiah 26:20–23),…

And wounded one, and killed another. Here Mark and Luke differ a little from Matthew; for while Matthew mentions many servants, all of who…

And the husbandmen took his servants They seized and laid hold of them in a rude and violent manner: so far were they from treating…

This parable plainly sets forth the sin and ruin of the Jewish nation; and what is spoken to convict them is spoken to caution all who enjoy the pr…

Here, they reprehend by questioning. And firstly, the questioning is related; and secondly, the refutation is related, where it is said,