For John came unto you in the (q) way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen [it], repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
(q) Living uprightly, being of good and honest behaviour; For the Hebrews use this word "way" for life and manners.
MATTHEW 21:32 ouvde, The confusion that marks the transmission of Matthew 21:29-31 seems to have affected also the text of the final clause of this verse. Instead of ouvde, (which...
Verse 32. _JOHN CAME UNTO YOU IN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS_] Proclaiming the truth, and living agreeably to it. Or, _John came_ _unto you_, who are _in the way of righteousness_. This seems rather 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...
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 BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT (Matthew 21:1-11)...
_the way of righteousness_ A Hebrew expression. Cp. "the way of God," ch. Matthew 22:16; "the way of salvation," Acts 16:17. The Christian doctrine was called in a special sense "the way" (Acts 19:9;...
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 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...
ἸΩΆΝΝΗΣ. The mention of John points to the connection between this parable and the preceding incident. ἘΝ ὉΔΩ͂Ι ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗΣ. A Hebrew expression. Cp. τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, ch. Matthew 22:16; ὁδὸν σωτηρία...
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...
ΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 21:1. ΈΝ ΌΔ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗΣ "путем праведности" то есть с праведным посланием. Иоанн как проповедовал, так и практиковал повиновение божественной воле (GW, 124-25; RM,...
THEY SAY UNTO HIM, THE FIRST— It seems that the Pharisees did not perceive that by this answer they condemned themselves, till Jesus made a direct application of the parable in that sharp, but just re...
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...
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe...
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...
IN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. of legal righteousness. The Pharisees had no excuse for neglecting the preaching of John, for it was based on the Law which they idolised, and ran counter to none of...
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...
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...
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...
IN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. — The term seems used in a half-technical sense, as expressing the aspect of righteousness which the Pharisees themselves recognised (Matthew 6:1), and which included, as...
Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
ἐν ὁδῷ δικαιοσύνης : not merely in the sense of being a good pious man with whose life no fault could be found (Meyer; the Fathers, Chrys., Euthy., Theophy.), but in the specific sense of following th...
_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...
32._For John came. _As _John _was a faithful servant of God, whatever he taught Christ ascribes to God himself. It might have been more fully expressed thus: God came pointing out _the way of righteou...
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...
FOR JOHN CAME UNTO YOU IN A WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... He had a commission from God; he was no impostor; the doctrine he taught was true, and which he faithfully delivered; his life and conversation we...
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen _it_, repented not afterward, that ye might believ...
_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...
WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; the right way; the way of God's appointment. BELIEVED HIM; though they had before refused to obey God, yet afterwards, under the preaching of John, they repented and obeyed him....
The application:...
FOR JOHN CAME UNTO YOU IN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND YE BELIEVED HIM NOT; BUT THE PUBLICANS AND THE HARLOTS BELIEVED HIM; AND YE, WHEN YE HAD SEEN IT, REPENTED NOT AFTERWARD, THAT YE MIGHT BELIEVE...
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...
Ver. 28-32. Matthew alone mentions this parable. The scope of it is taught us MATTHEW 21:31, THE PUBLICANS AND THE HARLOTS GO (that is, shall go) INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD BEFORE YOU, that is, you Phari...
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity Whosoever shall blaspheme against Him, "hath not forgiveness, not only in this world, but also not in the world to come."[264]...
Matthew 21:32 For G1063 John G2491 came G2064 (G5627) to G4314 you G5209 in G1722 way G3598 righteousness...
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...
‘Jesus says to them, “Truly I say to you, that the public servants and the prostitutes go into the Kingly Rule of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not beli...
Matthew 21:32. IN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. In the way of repentance, turning to that righteousness of life (which the Pharisees professed to esteem); perhaps with an allusion to Christ Himself as 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...
IN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (εν οδω δικαιοσυνης). In the path of righteousness. Compare the two ways in Matthew 7:13; Matthew 7:14 and "the way of God" (Matthew 22:16)....
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:10). _...
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 21:23. _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...
EVEN WHEN YOU SAW THIS. They saw the crowds who came to John and believed what he said; yet they would not be sorry for their unbelief and change their minds....
_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...
2 Peter 2:21; 2 Timothy 2:25; Acts 13:25; Hebrews 3:12; Hebrews 6:6;
John came in a way of righteousness — Walking in it, as well as teaching it. The publicans and harlots — The most notorious sinners were reformed, though at first they said, I will not. And ye seeing...