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When therefore the lord of the vineyard will come, what will he do to those farmers?"
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A Question of Conviction
Commentators unanimously point out that Jesus isn't asking for information. He poses this question as a rhetorical device to force the religious leaders to pronounce judgment on themselves. By getting them to state the just punishment for the wicked tenants, He makes them admit the justice of their own impending doom.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When the lord therefore, etc. Jesus then asked them a question about the proper way of dealing with those men. The design of asking them t…
19th Century
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…
The action of the tenants is consistently callous. Precisely how it applies to Jesus is not entirely clear. True, their attitude was not, “This is …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh In a way of providence, to call these husbandmen to an account; not only f…
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,
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