John Gill Commentary Luke 20:14

John Gill Commentary

Luke 20:14

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Luke 20:14

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours." — Luke 20:14 (ASV)

But when the husbandmen saw him
In human nature, heard him preach, and observed the miracles done by him:

they reasoned among themselves ;
as the Scribes and Pharisees, and elders of the people often did:

saying, this is the heir ;
the heir of God, being his Son; and so the Ethiopic version; "this Son is his heir", or the heir of the vineyard; being, by appointment, heir of all things, and by his descent from David heir to the kingdom of Israel;

come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours .
The Arabic and Persic versions render it, "and his inheritance shall be ours": the nation, city, temple, and all the emoluments and benefits thereof. The word "come" is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Gothic and Vulgate Latin versions.