Perceived (εγνωσαν). Ingressive second aorist active of γινωσκω. There was no mistaking the meaning of these parables. The dullest…

They at last perceived that he spoke of them, and would have gratified their malice at once, but they feared the people.

They perceived that he spoke of them — The real or affected unconsciousness of the drift of our Lord’s teaching was at last broken through…

They had tried to turn aside the point of His parables, but they had tried in vain. The likenesses were striking; the parallels were perfect; they …

St. Jerome: Hard as their hearts were in unbelief, the Jews still perceived that the Lord's sentence was directed against the…

The two principal voices of authority in the Judaism of Jesus’ day understood what this parable meant. The story ends with magnificent yet tragic i…

They knew that he spoke of them. The Evangelists show how little success Christ had, so that we may not wonder if the doctrine of the Gosp…

And when the chief priests and Pharisees
Which latter, though not before mentioned, were many of them of the grand s…

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,