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The lord of the vineyard said, `What will I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.`
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God's Final, Loving Appeal
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon highlight the gravity of the owner's question, "What shall I do?" This isn't a sign of God's confusion, but a dramatic portrayal of His patient deliberation reaching its final stage. After the repeated rejection of His servants (the prophets), sending His "beloved Son," Jesus, is presented as the ultimate and most precious appeal to His people.
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What shall I do? (Τ ποιησω; ). Deliberative future indicative or aorist subjunctive (same form). This detail only in Luke. Note th…
19th Century
Anglican
It may be.—The doubt implied in the qualification is a feature peculiar to St. Luke’s report. The better manuscripts omit the clau…
Baptist
Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do?
A strange thing happens when the Lord himself comes to the point of saying,
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said the Lord of the vineyard Who planted it, and let it out to husbandmen, and expected fruit from it, and sen…
Presbyterian
Christ spoke this parable against those who resolved not to acknowledge His authority, though the evidence for it was so compelling. How many resem…
