Take his inheritance (σχωμεν την κληρονομιαν αυτου). Ingressive aorist active subjunctive (hortatory, volitive) of εχω. Let us get…

But when the husbandmen, etc. They determined to kill him; and as he was the only son, they supposed they could easily seize on the proper…

This is the heir — What we learn from other scriptures enables us to understand the feelings with which the priests and scribes mu…

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 action of the tenants is consistently callous. Precisely how it applies to Jesus is not entirely clear. True, their attitude was not, “This is …

But when the husbandmen saw the son
Whom many of them knew, though some did not. Some were entirely ignorant of him;…

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,