And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
And about the eleventh hour - but one hour before the close of the working day; a most unusual hour both for offering and engaging - "and found others standing idle, and saith, Why stand ye here all the day idle?"
Verse Matthew 20:6. _ELEVENTH_] _Five o'clock_ in the evening, when there was only _one hour_ before the end of the Jewish day, which, in matters of labour, closed at _six_....
THE ELEVENTH HOUR - About five o’clock in the afternoon, or when there was but one working hour of the day left....
8. THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD. The Healing of the Two Blind Men. CHAPTER 20 1. The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. (Matthew 20:1 .) 2. The Third Prediction of His Death an...
PARABLE OF THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. It is possible (as it is necessary) to distinguish two interpretations of this splendid parable, (_a)_ that intended by Jesus, (_b)_ that suggested by the eva...
"For the situation in the Kingdom of Heaven is like what happened when a householder went out first thing in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. When he had come to an agreement with them th...
THE MASTER SEEKS HIS WORKERS (Matthew 20:1-16)...
THE ELEVENTH HOUR. The Art. is emphatic, as with the "third". See note on "even" (Matthew 20:8). It was immediately before the end....
_the eleventh hour_ The various hours may be referred in the first instance to the call of a Paul, a Barnabas, or a Timothy, who adopted the Cause later than the Twelve. In a secondary and less immedi...
THE PARABLE OF THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD Peculiar to St Matthew...
ὥραν after ἙΝΔΕΚΆΤΗΝ and ἀργοὺς after ἙΣΤΩ͂ΤΑΣ omitted on the highest evidence. 6. ΠΕΡῚ ΤῊΝ ἙΝΔΕΚΆΤΗΝ. The various hours may be referred in the first instance to the call of a Paul, a Barnabas, and a...
Ver 1. "For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a...
_AT THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY IS THE GRACE OF GOD MATTHEW 20:1-16:_ The parable of the workers in the vineyard is a powerful lesson on the theme of God's grace. What God gives comes from His goodness...
ΈΝΔΕΚΆΤΗΝ (G1734) одиннадцатый (час), 17 часов. Рабочий день обычно заканчивался в 18 часов (SB, 2:442, 543). ΕΞΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part., см._ Matthew 20:3. ΕΎΡΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) н...
DISCOURSE: 1384 THE LABOURERS Matthew 20:6. _And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Becau...
HE WENT OUT ABOUT THE THIRD HOUR, &C.— The hiring of labourers at the subsequent third, sixth, and ninth hours, signifies the various interpositions of Providence, by which many of the Gentiles in the...
Section 50 JESUS TELLS THE STORY OF THE ELEVENTH HOUR LABORERS TEXT: 20:1-16 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers...
23 As the political constitution of the Jewish commonwealth rendered it practically impossible to acquire great possessions without oppressing others, riches were a hindrance and are largely lost in t...
THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM 1-16, Parable of the labourers in the vineyard (peculiar to St. Matthew). This difficult parable is closely linked with what goes before, and ca...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 20 THE STORY ABOUT THE LAND-OWNER’S WORKERS 20:1-16 V1 ‘Where God rules, it is like this. A man who owned land went out early one mo...
ABOUT THE ELEVENTH HOUR. — The working day, which did not commonly extend beyond twelve hours (John 11:9), was all but over, and yet there was still work to be done in the vineyard, all the more urgen...
CHAPTER 15 Last Days in Peraea - Matthew 19:1 - Matthew 20:1 THERE were two main roads from Galilee to Jerusalem. One passed through Samaria, on the west of the Jordan, the other through Peraea, east...
περὶ δὲ τὴν ἑνδεκ.: the δὲ marks this final procedure as noteworthy. We begin to wonder at all this hiring, when we see it going on _even at the last hour_. Is the master a humorist hiring out of bene...
_Parable of the hours_, peculiar to Mt., and, whatever its real connection as spoken by Jesus, to be interpreted in relation to its setting as here given, which is not impossible. The parable is broug...
THE BARGAINING SPIRIT REBUKED Matthew 20:1-16 This parable originated in Peter's question. He had seen the rich young man go away sorrowful, because he could not meet the test which had been put to...
One great principle of rewards is laid down in this parable. It is that they will be given, not according to length or amount of service, but according to fidelity to opportunities. The Master was now...
And about the (b) eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? (b) The last hour: for the day was twelve hours long, and the fir...
CHAPTER 16 THE HIRED LABORERS Matthew 20:1-16. _“For the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man who is a landlord, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.”_ The Jews...
"For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. (2) And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE REFORM OF THE IDLER_ ‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.’ Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6 This parable is one of the most difficult in the New Te...
_THE REFORM OF THE IDLER_ ‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.’ Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6 This parable is one of the most difficult in the New Te...
We may remark that, when the Lord answers Peter, it was the consequence of having left all for Christ upon His call. The motive was Christ Himself: therefore He says, "Ye which have followed me." He s...
AND ABOUT THE ELEVENTH HOUR HE WENT OUT,.... About five o'clock in the afternoon. The Persic version reads it, "the twelfth hour", which was six o'clock in the afternoon, the last hour of the day. The...
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? Ver. 6. _And about the eleventh hour_] About five o'clock in the afte...
_And about the eleventh hour_ About five in the afternoon; _he went and found others standing idle_ Others are hired into the vineyard in old age, when the day of life is almost wholly spent, and ther...
ELEVENTH HOUR; five o'clock in the afternoon....
The hiring:...
AND ABOUT THE ELEVENTH HOUR HE WENT OUT, AND FOUND OTHERS STANDING IDLE, AND SAITH UNTO THEM, WHY STAND YE HERE ALL THE DAY IDLE?...
The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his vineya...
1-16 The direct object of this parable seems to be, to show that though the Jews were first called into the vineyard, at length the gospel should be preached to the Gentiles, and they should be admit...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 20:16"....
Matthew 20:6 And G1161 about G4012 eleventh G1734 hour G5610 out G1831 (G5631) found G2147 (G5627) others...
“And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing, and he says to them, ‘Why do you stand here all the day idle?' ” But still the workers prove insufficient and the call comes for mo...
The direct reply to Peter's question is found in all three accounts; the parable is peculiar to Matthew. It loses most of its seeming difficulties, when connected with the previous conversation. The q...
ALL THE DAY IDLE (ολην την ημεραν αργο). Extent of time (accusative) again. Αργο is α privative and εργον, work, no work. The problem of the unemployed....
Matthew 20:6 I. If we would hear, surely we might rather say that God calls us, at all times, in all places; by all things, persons, deeds, words; by night and by day, all our lives long, than dare to...
Matthew 20:1 The Labourers in the Vineyard. I. This parable is directed against a wrong temper and spirit of mind, which was notably manifested among the Jews, but one against which all men in posses...
Matthew 20:1. _For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers f...
Matthew 20:1. _For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers f...
Matthew 20:1. _For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers f...
CONTENTS: Parables of laborers in the vineyard. Jesus' death and resurrection again foretold. Ambitious requests of James and John. Healing of the two blind men. CHARACTERS: Jesus, wife of Zebedee, J...
Matthew 20:1. _A householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers_ for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most important time of the vintage being understood. It was the custom...
THEN AT TWELVE O'CLOCK AND AGAIN AT THREE O'CLOCK. He hires still more workers. IT WAS NEARLY FIVE O'CLOCK. The owner visits the market place for the final time [it is just one hour until sunset]. WHY...
_For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard: _ THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD 1. This story is on the...
_Why stand ye here all the day idle?_ SPIRITUAL IDLENESS I. The evil censured. Spiritual idleness. Often accompanied with great secular activity, and a flaming profession. Consists in neglect-of life...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 20:2 DENARIUS. A typical day’s wage for a laborer. THIRD HOUR. 9:00 A.M. The workday was typically divided into four three-hour parts, running from approximately 6:00 A.
CHAPTER 20 _The kingdom of heaven is like._ That is, God acts in the kingdom of Heaven like a master hiring labourers into his vineyard; for strictly speaking, the kingdom of Heaven is not like the h...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 20:1. FOR, etc.—The division of the Chapter s is here singularly unfortunate, as separating the parable both from the events which gave occasion to it and from the teaching wh...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 20:1 _Parable of the labourers in the vineyard_._ _(Peculiar to St. Matthew.) MATTHEW 20:1 FOR. The following parable is intended to illustrate the apophthegm at the end of the...
Shall we turn to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty, and continue our book-by-book study through the Word of God? Matthew chapter twenty opens with the parable of the laborers going out into the vineyard...
Acts 17:21; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Ezekiel 16:49; Hebrews 6:12; John 9:4;...
About the eleventh hour — That is, very late; long after the rest were called....