And they caught him, etc. This refers to the conduct of the Jews in putting the Saviour to death. So they understood it ([Reference Matthe…

Cast him out of the vineyard — The minor details of a parable are not always to be insisted upon in its interpretation. However, w…

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 …

And they caught him
Seized and laid hold of him, in a rude and violent manner, as they had some of the servants befo…

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,