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But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, `They will respect my son.`
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God's Ultimate Appeal
Commentators emphasize that sending the Son was God's final and most profound act of love and mercy. After the prophets were repeatedly rejected, God sent His "only beloved Son" as His last resort. This highlights the depth of God's patient love for humanity before judgment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Last of all, etc. Mark adds that this was an only son, greatly beloved. This beautifully and most tenderly exhibits the love of God in sen…
19th Century
Anglican
Last of all — The variations in the other Gospels are more vivid and dramatic. Mark says, He had yet one son, his beloved…
Baptist
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…
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The tenants mistreat some servants (cf. Jeremiah 20:1–2), kill others (cf. 1 Kings 18:4, 13; Jeremiah 26:20–23),…
16th Century
Protestant
They will reverence my son. Strictly speaking, indeed, this thought does not apply to God, for He knew what would happen and was not decei…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But last of all In the last times, in the last days, in the end of the world, the Jewish world, at the close of thei…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, they reprehend by questioning. And firstly, the questioning is related; and secondly, the refutation is related, where it is said,
