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Matthew 21:30
And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not.
And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not.
MATTHEW 21:29-31 ouv qe,lw( u[steron de. metamelhqei.j avph/lqen … e`te,rw| … evgw,( ku,rie\ kai. ouvk avph/lqen … o` prw/toj {C} The textual transmission of the parable of the two sons is very much...
Verse 30. _I GO, SIR_] This is all respect, complaisance, and professed, obedience; but _he went not_: he promised _well_, but did not perform. What a multitude of such are in the world, professing to...
BUT WHAT THINK YE? - A way of speaking designed to direct them particularly to what he was saying, that they might be self-convicted. TWO SONS - By those two sons our Lord intends to represent the co...
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...
MATTHEW 21:28 TO MATTHEW 22:14. A trilogy of parables, perhaps from Q, enforcing the implicit teaching of the fig-tree incident. MATTHEW 21:28. THE PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS. Mt. only. With...
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT (Matthew 21:1-11)...
Jesus said: "What do you think? A man had two children, He went to the first and said, 'Child, go and work in my vineyard today.' He answered, 'I will not.' But afterwards he changed his mind and went...
THE SECOND. Tischendorf reads "the other" (Greek. _heteros,_ App-124.)...
The Parable of the Two Sons, and the Explanation of it Peculiar to St Matthew St Luke omits the parable, perhaps as referring especially to Israel. The parable follows in close connection with the qu...
ἘΓῺ ΚΎΡΙΕ. Observe the alacrity and politeness of this answer compared with the blunt οὐ θέλω of the first: ἐγὼ draws attention to the contrast....
THE PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS, AND THE EXPLANATION OF IT Peculiar to St Matthew. St Luke omits the parable, perhaps as referring especially to Israel. The parable follows in close connection with the qu...
The _textus receptus_ is here upheld. For a discussion of the _var. lect_. see Hammond, _Text. Crit._ 109....
Ver 28. "But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 29. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and wen...
_WITH THE FINISH IN SIGHT JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT AUTHORITY AND REPENTANCE MATTHEW 21:23-32:_ The chief priest and elders confronted Jesus with questions about His authority. "By what authority are you doi...
ΩΣΑΎΤΩΣ (G5615) так же. ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part., см._ Matthew 21:21....
DISCOURSE: 1387 THE TWO SONS Matthew 21:28. But what think ye? A certain man had two sons: and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not; but...
BUT WHAT THINK YE? A CERTAIN MAN, &C.— Because the chief priests and elders had said that they did not know whence John's baptism was, Jesus sharply rebuked them for disbelieving him: he conveyed his...
SECTION 57: JESUS MEETS CHALLENGES TO HIS AUTHORITY: THREE PARABLES OF WARNING (Parallels: Mark 11:27 to Mark 12:1; Luke 20:1-8) TEXT: 21:23-32 A. JESUS-' AUTHORITY CHALLENGED 23 And when he was c...
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. AND HE CAME TO THE SECOND, AND SAID LIKEWISE. AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID, I [GO] SIR, [ Egoo (G1473) k...
12 His first act as King was to cleanse the temple of idolatry, for covetousness is nothing less (Col_3:5). The temple tax, or double drachma (Mat_17:24) had to be paid by even the poorest of the peop...
PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS (peculiar to St. Matthew). The 'certain man' is God, and He is represented as a father, to set forth His impartial love to all mankind, righteous and sinful alike. The son who...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE Chronology of the Last Week of Christ's Life, commonly called Holy Week (chiefly after Hastings' 'Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels'). Sabbath, Nisan 8...
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...
I GO, SIR. — The tone of outward respect, as contrasted with the rude refusal of the elder son, is eminently characteristic as representing the surface religion of the Pharisees....
Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
οὐ θέλω, I will not, I am not inclined; rude, sulky, unmannerly, disobedient, and making no pretence to filial loyalty....
_Parable of the two sons_, in Mt. only, introduced by the familiar formula, τί δὲ ὑμῖν δοκεῖ (Matthew 17:25; Matthew 18:12), and having for its aim to contrast the conduct of the Pharisees towards the...
AUTHORITY WHICH SILENCED AND CONDEMNED Matthew 21:23-32 Our Lord always refused to gratify idle curiosity. When an earnest seeker for truth, like Nicodemus, approached Him to know the way of life, He...
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...
THE TWO SONS Matthew 21:28-32. “But what seems to you? A man had two sons; and coming to the first, he said, Child, go today, labor in my vineyard. And responding, he said, I do not wish; and afterwar...
"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...
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...
_THE TWO SONS_ ‘A certain man had two sons.… Whether of them twain did the will of his Father?’ Matthew 21:28 The originals of these two pictures are before us every day. An utterly godless man, wh...
30._I, Sir. _(35) This phrase is borrowed from the Hebrew language; for, when the Hebrews wish to offer their services, and to declare that they are ready to obey, they speak in this manner, “Here I a...
Afterwards (chapter 21), disposing of all that belonged to His willing people, He makes His entry into Jerusalem as King and Lord, according to the testimony of Zechariah. But although entering as Kin...
AND HE CAME TO THE SECOND,.... The Scribes and Pharisees, by the ministry of John the Baptist, Christ, and his apostles also: AND SAID LIKEWISE; the same things as to the other son, the publicans and...
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I _go_, sir: and went not. Ver. 30. _I go, sir_] I, but when, sir? _Stultus semper incipit vivere._ Fools are always starting t...
_But what think ye_ As if he had said, You have evaded a direct answer to my question concerning the baptism of John, and have acknowledged your ignorance whence it was; but what think you of your own...
THE SECOND; this represented the scribes and Pharisees, who professed to obey God, and yet did not, but opposed him....
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...
28-32 Parables which give reproof, speak plainly to the offenders, and judge them out of their own mouths. The parable of the two sons sent to work in the vineyard, is to show that those who knew not...
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Matthew 21:30 Then G2532 came G4334 (G5631) second G1208 said G2036 (G5627) likewise G5615 And G1161 answered...
JESUS EXPOSES THE HYPOCRISY OF THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS BY THE PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS (21:28-32). Jesus now follows up His challenge concerning the source of John's authority, in order to face the relig...
“And he came to the second, and said the same. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir', and went not.” The second son is full of expressions of willingness. His answer is immediate. ‘I go, sir.' But the...
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...
Matthew 21:30. I WILL GO, SIR. I, in contrast with this one who refuses; an expression of pride. The answer was hypocritical, since it is not added that he changed his mind, but simply WENT NOT....
Matthew 21:30 Swift Tongue, Slow Foot. I. The first characteristic of the swift tongue and slow foot is unbelief. "I go, sir." How admirably this expresses the acknowledgment of that character which...
Matthew 21:28 The Two Sons. In this parable there are two distinct warnings to two distinct classes, with corresponding encouragements attached, as shadows follow solid bodies in the sunlight; to th...
Matthew 21:28 We must not lose sight of the fact that in this parable both the persons who were addressed were _sons._And this is exactly our position. In a sense in a high and true sense we are all...
Matthew 21:28 Promising without Doing. We promise to serve God; we do not perform; and that not from deliberate faithlessness in the particular case, but because it is our nature, our way not to obe...
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...
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...
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...
28-31. NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK? He calls their attention to something which they will be required to answer. THERE WAS A MAN. The two sons stand for the Jewish leaders and the Jewish people. Both group...
_A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day._ CHRISTIAN SONSHIP AND SERVICE I. Christian sonship furnishes the best possible motives for Christian service....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 21:28 The parable of the TWO SONS demonstrates the religious leaders’ failure to respond rightly to John the Baptist’s prophetic ministry. A person’s actions ultimately prove w...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 21:1 The Messiah Asserts His Authority over Jerusalem. Jesus’ authority over Jerusalem is revealed in his triumphal entry (Matthew 21:1), action
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 21:23. THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE ELDERS.—St. Mark and St. Luke add “the scribes,” thus including representatives of the three constituent elements of the Sanhedrin (_Plumptre_...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 21:1 _Triumphal entry into Jerusalem_. (Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12.)...
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...
Ezekiel 33:31; Matthew 23:3; Romans 2:17; Titus 1:16...
He answered, I go, sir: but went not — Just so did the scribes and Pharisees: they professed the greatest readiness and zeal in the service of God: but it was bare profession, contradicted by all thei...