33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain
landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in
it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far
country. 34 Now
when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that
they might receive its fruit. 35 And the vinedressers took his servants, beat
one, killed one, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and
they did likewise to them. 37 Then last of all he sent his son to them,
saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among
themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his
inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and cast him out of
the vineyard and killed him. 40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard
comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?” 41 They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men
miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render
to him the fruits in their seasons.” 42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in
the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief
cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous
in our eyes’? 43 “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be
taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. 44 And
whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will
grind him to powder.” 45 Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they
perceived that He was speaking of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared
the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet.
Having just told the parable of the two sons which was directed at the religious leaders of the Jews, the Lord Jesus Christ now tells them another parable. In it He describes a landowner who planted a vineyard and then made the necessary preparations for its maintenance and bearing fruit. Having done so he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now in this parable the Landowner is God and the vineyard is Israel while the vinedressers He leased it to are the religious leaders of the Jews who down through the centuries even to Jesus day then ruled the people. These conclusions are easily and readily evident. Now in the Believers Bible Commentary they observe that the hedge is the Law of Moses, the covenant by which God separated His people from the Gentiles, while the winepress is to represent the fruit the nation should have born to God, while the tower is God’s watchful care of His people. All which are excellent observations.
Vs. 34-36 34 Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. 35 And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.
Now this section of the parable sadly represents the evil with which Israel’s religious leadership down through the centuries treated God’s servants the prophets, for only King David stands apart from them in this regard. Indeed, even the nation itself throughout the Old Testament Scriptures is largely seen resisting and rejecting the Will of God for them. And so instead of respecting God’s servants the prophets who were sent to them, the vinedressers within Israel always treated them very shamefully and horribly, for they beat one, killed one, stoned another. Even when God sent more servants to them, they only treated them as they treated the first.
Vs. 37-39 37 Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Having then sent His servants the prophets to them, God the Vinedresser now sends to them His Son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ However, as the Lord Jesus describes it in His parable, they do not respect Him nor receive Him, even though they recognize Him as God’s Son, the Rightful Heir of all that God has planted. Instead they say among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. It is at this point in the parable that the Lord Jesus Christ is foretelling His own death through their plots and schemes and at their hands. Now the fact that they recognize God’s Son and still would scheme and do such a thing to Him is utterly wicked and evil. For only the most wicked and evil would dare plot and do such a thing.
The Lord Jesus having concluded His parable to them now asks them when the owner of the vineyard comes what will he do to those vinedressers? Now their answer is self-condemning (though they did not realize it in that moment) for they say to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”
Vs. 42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Therefore, with their response, the Lord Jesus Christ now says to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’? Citing then Psalm 118:22-23 the Lord Jesus Christ uses the very Scripture which they would’ve known which foretold of all that they were doing, and yet God would do to exalt His Son, to condemn them. Obviously then the stone is the Lord Jesus Christ whom the builders of the nation of Israel rejected. And so, this Stone which they rejected has become the Chief Cornerstone, that is the One upon whom God will now build His new building upon (to understand this see Ephesians 2:19-22). For this is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes!
Therefore, as the Lord Jesus Christ says, the kingdom of God will be taken from them, from Sadduceeic and Pharisaic Israel and all of its elitist and exclusive ideas and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. Now that nation is of course Christ’s nation; of whom believing Abraham is its father (Gal. 3:7) and the Lord Jesus Christ is it’s King; being made up of believing Jews and Gentiles in every generation (2 Peter 2:9-10). Therefore, the Lord Jesus also says of Himself, “And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” Now in the first part of His statement the Lord Jesus Christ is describing Himself as the stumbling stone and rock of offense that trips up unbelieving Israel and its leaders (consider Isaiah 8:14-15; Rom. 9:32-33; 1 Cor. 1:23), while in the second half He is describing Himself in Judgment when He judges the unbelieving and unrepentant nations and grinds them to powder, leaving no trace of them before He sets up His Kingdom (Daniel 2:34-35; Obadiah 15-16; Joel 3:17 etc.).
Now when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables they perceived (lit. they knew) that He was speaking of them. Therefore, their first instinct was to lay hands on Him, that is take Him away by force of arms, however they feared the multitudes in Temple grounds who also had heard Jesus and who took Him for a prophet, therefore they refrained. However, the Lord Jesus does not refrain even though He would have known their intentions and desires to harm Him He does not desist from His preaching and teaching. For as we will see He has yet one more parable to speak to them.
Commentary
Vs.
33
“Hear another parable: There was a certain
landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in
it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far
country.”Having just told the parable of the two sons which was directed at the religious leaders of the Jews, the Lord Jesus Christ now tells them another parable. In it He describes a landowner who planted a vineyard and then made the necessary preparations for its maintenance and bearing fruit. Having done so he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now in this parable the Landowner is God and the vineyard is Israel while the vinedressers He leased it to are the religious leaders of the Jews who down through the centuries even to Jesus day then ruled the people. These conclusions are easily and readily evident. Now in the Believers Bible Commentary they observe that the hedge is the Law of Moses, the covenant by which God separated His people from the Gentiles, while the winepress is to represent the fruit the nation should have born to God, while the tower is God’s watchful care of His people. All which are excellent observations.
Vs. 34-36 34 Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. 35 And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.
Now this section of the parable sadly represents the evil with which Israel’s religious leadership down through the centuries treated God’s servants the prophets, for only King David stands apart from them in this regard. Indeed, even the nation itself throughout the Old Testament Scriptures is largely seen resisting and rejecting the Will of God for them. And so instead of respecting God’s servants the prophets who were sent to them, the vinedressers within Israel always treated them very shamefully and horribly, for they beat one, killed one, stoned another. Even when God sent more servants to them, they only treated them as they treated the first.
Vs. 37-39 37 Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Having then sent His servants the prophets to them, God the Vinedresser now sends to them His Son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ However, as the Lord Jesus describes it in His parable, they do not respect Him nor receive Him, even though they recognize Him as God’s Son, the Rightful Heir of all that God has planted. Instead they say among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. It is at this point in the parable that the Lord Jesus Christ is foretelling His own death through their plots and schemes and at their hands. Now the fact that they recognize God’s Son and still would scheme and do such a thing to Him is utterly wicked and evil. For only the most wicked and evil would dare plot and do such a thing.
Vs.
40-41
40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard
comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?” 41 They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men
miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render
to him the fruits in their seasons.”
The Lord Jesus having concluded His parable to them now asks them when the owner of the vineyard comes what will he do to those vinedressers? Now their answer is self-condemning (though they did not realize it in that moment) for they say to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”
Vs. 42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Therefore, with their response, the Lord Jesus Christ now says to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’? Citing then Psalm 118:22-23 the Lord Jesus Christ uses the very Scripture which they would’ve known which foretold of all that they were doing, and yet God would do to exalt His Son, to condemn them. Obviously then the stone is the Lord Jesus Christ whom the builders of the nation of Israel rejected. And so, this Stone which they rejected has become the Chief Cornerstone, that is the One upon whom God will now build His new building upon (to understand this see Ephesians 2:19-22). For this is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes!
Vs.
43-44
43
“Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God
will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. 44 And whoever falls on this stone will be
broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
Therefore, as the Lord Jesus Christ says, the kingdom of God will be taken from them, from Sadduceeic and Pharisaic Israel and all of its elitist and exclusive ideas and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. Now that nation is of course Christ’s nation; of whom believing Abraham is its father (Gal. 3:7) and the Lord Jesus Christ is it’s King; being made up of believing Jews and Gentiles in every generation (2 Peter 2:9-10). Therefore, the Lord Jesus also says of Himself, “And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” Now in the first part of His statement the Lord Jesus Christ is describing Himself as the stumbling stone and rock of offense that trips up unbelieving Israel and its leaders (consider Isaiah 8:14-15; Rom. 9:32-33; 1 Cor. 1:23), while in the second half He is describing Himself in Judgment when He judges the unbelieving and unrepentant nations and grinds them to powder, leaving no trace of them before He sets up His Kingdom (Daniel 2:34-35; Obadiah 15-16; Joel 3:17 etc.).
Vs.
45-46
45 Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His
parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared
the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet.
Now when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables they perceived (lit. they knew) that He was speaking of them. Therefore, their first instinct was to lay hands on Him, that is take Him away by force of arms, however they feared the multitudes in Temple grounds who also had heard Jesus and who took Him for a prophet, therefore they refrained. However, the Lord Jesus does not refrain even though He would have known their intentions and desires to harm Him He does not desist from His preaching and teaching. For as we will see He has yet one more parable to speak to them.
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The New King James Version. (1982). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
The New King James Version. (1982). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
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