Matthew 21:37

Matthew 21:37. His Son. Comp. Mark 12:6: ‘a beloved son,' Luke 20:13: ‘my beloved son.' The sending of ‘His son,' whose superiority to the prophets is so distinctly marked, is the last and crowning act of God's mercy; to reject Him was therefore to fill up the measure of human sin and guilt. ‘The Son appears here, not in His character of Redeemer, but in that of a preacher, a messenger demanding the fruits of the vineyard.' (Alford.) Hence this is the real answer to their challenge of His authority (Matthew 21:23).

They will reverence my son. This implies that God is not willing that any should perish (2 Peter 1:9).