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Matthew 21:42

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the Scriptures ( ), The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? A bright Messianic prophecy, which reappears in various forms (, etc.), and was made glorious use of by Peter before the Sanhedrim (). He recurs to it in his first Epistle (1 Peter 2:4).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Matthew 21:42. _THE STONE_] R. Solom. Jarchi, on Micah 5., says, this _stone_ means the _Messiah_, אכן משיח: Abarbanel is of the same opinion. This seems to have been originally spoken of _Davi...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD - This is also recorded in Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9. Matthew 21:33 HEAR ANOTHER PARABLE - See the notes at...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    9. THE KING ENTERS INTO JERUSALEM. The Parables of the Two Sons and the Householder and His Vineyard. CHAPTER 21 1. The King Enters Jerusalem. (Matthew 21:1 .) 2. The Second Cleansing of the Temple...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD (Mark 12:1 *, Luke 20:9). The chief peculiarities of Mt.'s version are (Matthew 21:39) the slaying of the heir outside the vineyard (perhaps a recollection of Jesus sufferi...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT (Matthew 21:1-11)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Jesus said, "Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and gave it out to cultivators an...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DID YE NEVER READ, &C. ? See App-117 and App-143 :4. THE STONE, &C. Quoted from Psalms 118:22. Compare Acts 4:10. See App-107. THE LORD'S. Jehovah's. App-98. Literally "from Jehovah"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Did ye never read in the scriptures_ Psalms 118:22 (Matthew 21:25 of the same psalm is quoted above, Matthew 21:9, where see note); the psalm "was probably composed for the first celebration of the F...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Wicked Husbandmen Mark 12:1-11; Luke 20:9-18. No parable interprets itself more clearly than this. ISRAEL is represented by an image which the prophets had made familiar and unmistakeable the Vi...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19 No parable interprets itself more clearly than this. Israel is represented by an image which the prophets had made familiar and unmistakeable—the Vine...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΓΡΑΦΑΙ͂Σ. Psalms 118:22 (Matthew 21:25-26 of the same psalm are quoted above, Matthew 21:9, where see note); the psalm ‘was probably composed for the first celebration of the Feast of Taberna...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 33. "Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _WITH THE FINISH IN SIGHT JESUS SPOKE OF GOD'S GOODNESS AND DESIRE TO SAVE MATTHEW 21:33-46:_ "The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the House of Israel." (Isaiah 5:7) God had entrusted His vineyard to...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHEN THE LORD THEREFORE—COMETH— According to St. Mark and St. Luke, Jesus answered this question himself; which, according to St. Matthew, the priests answered: this apparent inconsistency may be reco...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    SECTION 57 JESUS MEETS CHALLENGES TO HIS AUTHORITY: THREE PARABLES OF WARNING TEXT: 21:33-46 C. THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN 33 Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder,...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    31 See Luk_7:29-30. 32 See Mat_3:1; Luk_3:12. 32 The Lord now proceeds to show them His authority and to expose their abuse of the privileges entrusted to them. They were mere tenants of God's viney...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    21:42 scriptures, (d-11) Psalms 118:22-23 . corner-stone. (e-23) Lit. 'Head of corner.' this (f-24) 'This' refers grammatically to 'corner-stone.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE STONE, etc.] Psalms 118:22; Acts 4:11. The 'stone,' of course, is Christ. The 'builders' are the Jews. The 'head of the corner' is the most important position in a building, so that Christ represe...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN (Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9). The doctrinal importance of this parable, which belongs to the oldest tradition, is great. In it Christ claims to be in a unique sense the Son of God. He...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 21 JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM 21:1-11 V1 As they came nearer to Jerusalem, they reached the town called Bethphage. It was on the Mount o...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    DID YE NEVER READ....? — The quotation is remarkable as being found (Psalms 118:22) in the immediate context of the verse which had supplied the “hosanna” shouts of the multitude on the preceding day....

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Parable of the rebellious vine-dressers_ (Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19)....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Application_. ὅταν οὖν ἔλθῃ ὁ κ., etc.: what would you expect the owner to do after such ongoings have been reported to him? Observe the subjunctive after ὅταν compared with the indicative ἤγγισεν af...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε, etc.: another of Christ's impromptu felicitous quotations; from Psalms 118:22-23 (Sept [119]). This quotation contains, in germ, another parable, in which the ejected and murdered h...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    REJECTERS THEMSELVES REJECTED Matthew 21:33-46 This parable is based on Isaiah 5:1-7. The husbandmen are the religious leaders of the people. The vineyard is of course the Hebrew nation. The servants...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this cleansing of the Temple for the second time-He had done the same at the outset of His ministry- the Lord revealed His conception of the secret of all civic righteousness and strength. He revea...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the (u) builders rejected, the same is (x) become the (y) head of the corner: (z) this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvel...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    The head of the corner. By these words, (Psalm cxvii,) which the Jews themselves expounded of their Messias, Christ shewed them, that although they, who should have been the architects, had rejected h...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE WICKED HUSBANDMAN Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19. Matthew: “Hear another parable: A man who is a landlord planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge round it, and dug a wine-trough in it...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this auth...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _CHRIST THE HEADSTONE_ ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.’ Matthew 21:42 Three things the...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    42._Have _you _never read in the Scriptures? We _must remember what we said a little before, that, as _the priests and scribes _kept the people devoted to them, it was a principle current among them,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, DID YE NEVER READ THE SCRIPTURES,.... The passage which stands in Psalms 118:22. THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THE SAME IS BECOME THE HEAD OF THE CORNER: THIS IS THE L...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Jesus saith unto them_ Luke says, εμβλεψας αυτοις, ειπε, _having looked on them_, namely, with great compassion and solemnity in his countenance, _he said, Did ye never read_, or never reflect upon t...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    IN THE SCRIPTURES; PSALMS 118:22-23. This was a prophecy of the truths and events represented in the parable, which were about to be fulfilled in the crucifixion of Christ, the casting off of the Jews...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The application:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, DID YE NEVER READ IN THE SCRIPTURES, THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THE SAME IS BECOME THE HEAD OF THE CORNER; THIS IS THE LORD'S DOING, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES?...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    It is a moment of most serious significance as the Lord is now about to enter Jerusalem. He is to be publicly presented to Israel, yet in lowly grace, not in power and majesty. Two of His disciples ar...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    33-46 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 that enjoy the privileges of the outward church. As men treat...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 21:44"....

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV Again does the Lord say: "Have ye never read, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the comer: this is the Lord's doing, and it is ma...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 21:42 Jesus G2424 said G3004 (G5719) them G846 Have G314 never G3763 read G314 (G5627) in...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE APPLICATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PARABLE (21:42-46). Jesus then makes clear the basic facts which the parable is bringing home, that the very Stone which is the keystone of the whole of God's b...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Jesus says to them, “Did you never read in the scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner.' This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our e...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE QUESTION OF JESUS' AUTHORITY (21:37-22:46). While, as we have seen above, the section from Matthew 19:3 to Matthew 22:46 forms a complete section in itself, enclosed within a dissertation on true...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Matthew 21:42. THE STONE, etc. From Psalms 118:22. The ‘Hosannas' at our Lord's entry to Jerusalem were taken from the same Psalm. The original reference of the passage is doubtful, whether to David o...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    TIME. _Tuesday_, in the temple, after the discourse about the fig tree. The events recorded in chaps, 22, 23, took place on the same day; the discourse in chaps, 24, 26, was delivered in the evening a...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    THE STONE WHICH (λιθον ον). Inverse attraction of the antecedent into the case of the relative.THE BUILDERS REJECTED (απεδοκιμασαν ο οικοδομουντες). From Psalms 118:22. A most telling quotation. T...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    LORD'S Jehovah. (Psalms 118:23)....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 21:23. _And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto, him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gav...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The triumphant entry. Jesus' second purification of the temple. Barren fig tree cursed. Jesus' authority questioned. Parable of the two sons in the vineyard. Parable of the house-holder dema...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Matthew 21:1. _When they were come to Bethphage._ The rabbins dispute about the etymon of this village, whether it mean the “house of the fountain,” as is the literal import; or the “house of grossiti...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    THE VERY STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED. Psalms 118:22-23. This speaks of a stone being thrown aside by the builders, who then discover it is the most important stone, the key-stone of the foundati...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The stone which the builders rejected._ REDEMPTION A MARVELLOUS WORK I. It is God’s work. 1. Contrary to intentions or acts of the builders. 2. No one else competent to perform it. II. It is a m...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 21:42 CORNERSTONE (compare Psalms 118:22). The REJECTED Son will receive the position of ultimate importance

  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED TENANTS MATTHEW 21:33-46; MARK 12:1-12; LUKE 20:9-19; MATTHEW 21:33 Hear another parable: T

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 21:33. A VINEYARD.—Was regarded as the most valuable plantation, which yielded the largest harvest, but required also the most constant labour and care (_Schaff_). A WINEPRESS...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MATTHEW 21:1 _Triumphal entry into Jerusalem_. (Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12.)...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, they were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, and then Jesus sent two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 2:4; Acts 13:40; Acts 13:41; Acts 4:11; Ephesians 2:20;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The builders — The scribes and priests, whose office it was to build up the Church. Is become the head of the corner — Or the chief corner stone: he is become the foundation of the Church, on which th...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Which words are the application that our Saviour makes of the foregoing parable concerning the vineyard; which the chief priests and Pharisees did not apprehend themselves to be concerned in, till he...

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