Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Matthew 20:8
even. Even Bengel held that this refers to "the last judgment". And it is clearly the time of reckoning and of the reward spoken of in Matthew 19:29, when all will be justly rewarded.
even. Even Bengel held that this refers to "the last judgment". And it is clearly the time of reckoning and of the reward spoken of in Matthew 19:29, when all will be justly rewarded.
Verse Matthew 20:8. _WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME_] _Six o'clock_, the time they ceased from labour, and the workmen came to receive their wages. _STEWARD_] επιτρωπος. A _manager of the household concerns_...
WHEN EVEN WAS COME - That is, when the twelfth hour had come; the day was ended, and the time of payment was come. THE STEWARD - A steward is one who transacts business in the place of another. He was...
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...
THE MASTER SEEKS HIS WORKERS (Matthew 20:1-16)...
"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...
ΤΩ͂Ι ἘΠΙΤΡΌΠΩΙ. ‘To his steward,’ as in Luke 8:3, Ἰωάννα γυνὴ Χουζᾶ ἐπιτρόπου Ἡρώδου. In the only other passage where the word occurs in the N.T., Galatians 4:2, ἐπίτροποι, ‘guardians’ of a minor’s pe...
THE PARABLE OF THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD Peculiar to St Matthew...
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...
ΌΨΊΑΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΌΨΊΑ (G3798) вечер, ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΗΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться. _Gen. abs._ Оплата труда по иудейскому закону производилась на закате солнца, то есть в 18...
CALL THE LABOURERS, &C.— The equal reward bestowed on all,—the _penny_ given to each labourer as his wages, signifies the Gospel, with its privileges and advantages, which they all enjoyed on an equal...
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...
So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. SO WHEN EVEN WAS COME - that is, the r...
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...
WHEN EVEN WAS COME. — It was one of the humane rules of the Mosaic law that the day-labourer was to be paid by the day, and not made to wait for his wages (Deuteronomy 24:15). This law the householder...
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...
ἀρξάμενος : a pregnant word, including not only the commencement of the process of paying but its progress. There is an ellipsis, καὶ ἐλθὼν being understood before ἔως (Kypke). Grotius thinks this doe...
_The evening settlement_....
_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...
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...
_AT EVENTIDE_ ‘When even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers and give them their hire.’ Matthew 20:8 The householder goes out early in the morning, and the...
8._And when the evening was come. _It would be improper to look for a mystery in the injunction of the _householder to begin with the last, _as if God crowned _those first _who were last in the order...
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...
SO WHEN EVEN WAS COME,.... At six o'clock, or when the sun was set, which was the time of paying labourers their wages: thus in the parable of the Jews, before referred to, which bears some resemblanc...
So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them _their_ hire, beginning from the last unto the first. Ver. 8. _Saith unto his steward_] That...
_When even was come_ Then, as usual, the day-labourers are called and paid. Faithful labourers shall receive a portion of their reward when they die. It is deferred till then, that they may exercise p...
The settlement at evening:...
SO WHEN EVEN WAS COME, THE LORD OF THE VINEYARD SAITH UNTO HIS STEWARD, CALL THE LABORERS, AND GIVE THEM THEIR HIRE, BEGINNING FROM THE LAST UNTO THE FIRST....
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 20:8 So G1161 evening G3798 come G1096 (G5637) owner G2962 vineyard G290 said G3004 (G5719) his...
“And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, ‘Call the labourers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last to the first.' ” Then when evening comes the Estate Owne...
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...
Matthew 20:8. HIS STEWARD. Christ, the overseer of the house of God, entrusted with the whole economy of salvation including the distribution of the final reward (Hebrews 3:6; John 5:27.;...
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...
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...
THE OWNER TOLD HIS FOREMAN. To pay each the wage he was to receive for his work in the vineyard. [The order of payment is only to allow the first hired to see what was paid to the last hired.]...
_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...
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...
1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Peter 4:10; 2 Corinthians 5:10;...
In the evening — Of life; or of the world....
Here observe, 1. That the time of God's full rewarding of his labourers, is the evening of their days; that is, when their work is done. WHEN THE EVENING WAS COME, THE LORD OF THE VINEYARD CALLED HIS...