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About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, `Why do you stand here all day idle?`
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The Eleventh-Hour Invitation
Commentators emphasize that the "eleventh hour" is about 5 PM, with the workday nearly finished. The landowner's act of seeking workers so late highlights God's extraordinary grace and persistent desire for all to enter His service. The question, "Why stand ye here idle?" is not just a rebuke but an urgent and gracious invitation, showing that it is never too late to answer God's call, even at the end of one's life.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The eleventh hour. About five o'clock in the afternoon; or when there was but one working hour of the day left.
All the day idle (ολην την ημεραν αργο). Extent of time (accusative) again. Αργο is α privative and εργον, work, no work. The prob…
19th Century
Anglican
About the eleventh hour — The working day, which did not commonly extend beyond twelve hours (John 11:9), was all but …
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Baptist
And about the eleventh hour—
Why, then, surely the day was over. They were ready to put away their tools and go home. But—
There were twelve “hours” from dawn to sundown. The third hour (v.3) would be about 9:00 A. M., the sixth about 12:00 noon., and the eleventh about…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And about the eleventh hour he went out About five o'clock in the afternoon. The Persic version reads it, "the twelf…
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This parable's primary purpose seems to show that although the Jews were first called into the vineyard, the gospel would eventually be preached to…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Lord spoke about the attainment of the kingdom of heaven by the common way of salvation and by the way of perfection. Because certain pe…