1-12 Compare Mat_21:33-46; Luk_20:9-19. 1 This was a most familiar illustration for His hearers. Vineyards were usually planted on stony ground. After clearing, the stones were built into a broad stone fence, sometimes not much more than a carefully piled heap, without cement. The vat, into which th... [ Continue Reading ]
18 Now that He has answered the hardest question of the Pharisees and Herodians, the Sadducees bring Him their best argument against the truth of resurrection. There is the constant tendency, even among the household of faith, to present practical difficulties in order to discredit the truth. And th... [ Continue Reading ]
44 See 2Co_8:12. 1-8 Compare Mat_24:1-8; Luk_21:5-11. 2 It took forty-six years to build the temple (Joh_2:20). Our Lord had already hinted that it would be razed to the ground. While He was within the sacred precincts, it was the abode of God. Now that He has left it for the last time, it is a te... [ Continue Reading ]