Luke 20:19

And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 21:23....

9-19 Christ spake this parable against those who resolved not to own his authority, though the evidence of it was so full. How many resemble the Jews who murdered the prophets and crucified Christ, in their enmity to God, and aversion to his service, desiring to live according to their lusts, without control! Let all who are favoured with God's word, look to it that they make proper use of their advantages. Awful will be the doom, both of those who reject the Son, and of those who profess to reverence Him, yet render not the fruits in due season. Though they could not but own that for such a sin, such a punishment was just, yet they could not bear to hear of it. It is the folly of sinners, that they persevere in sinful ways, though they dread the destruction at the end of those ways....

See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33....

EXPOSITION LUKE 20:1 _Question of the priests and scribes as to the nature of the authority under which Jesus was acting._ LUKE 20:1, LUKE 20:2 AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT ON ONE OF THOSE DAYS, AS HE TAUGHT THE PEOPLE IN THE TEMPLE, AND PREACHED THE GOSPEL. We are now in the midst of the so-called Passion week. Probably the events related in this chapter took place on the Tuesday. The first day of the week, Palm Sunday, was the day of the public entry into the city. The purification of the temple took place on the Monday, on which day also the barren fig tree was cursed. We are now considering the eve

AND THE CHIEF PRIESTS, AND THE SCRIBES, THAT SAME HOUR,.... As soon as he had delivered the above parable, together with that of the two sons: SOUGHT TO LAY HANDS ON HIM; they had a good will to it, being exceedingly gravelled with the question he put to them concerning John's baptism, which confounded them, and put them to silence; and with the parables he delivered, in which they were so manifestly pointed at: AND THEY FEARED THE PEOPLE; lest they should rise and stone them, as in Luke 20:6 or rescue him out of their hands; FOR THEY PERCEIVED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN THIS PARABLE AGAINST THEM: and that they were the husbandmen that had used the servants of God so ill, and would put to death the son of God, the Messiah; and who would at length be destroyed themselves, and the kingdom of God be taken from them, though they seem to detest and dep

CHAPTER 20 _ 1. His Authority Demanded and His Answer.(Luke 20:1)_ 2. Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen. (Luke 20:9) 3. Question about Tribute to Caesar. (Luke 20:20) 4. The Question Concerning Resurrection. (Luke 20:27) 5. The Question Christ Asked. (Luke 20:41) 6. Beware of the Scribes! (Luke 20:45 .) The events in this chapter are found in both Matthew's and Mark's Gospels. The parable of the vineyard foretells His death. He is the so

THE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD (Mark 12:1 *. Matthew 21:33 *). Lk. omits the details of the preparation of the vineyard, and he confines the fate of death to the beloved son. He alone gives the exclamation of the hearers God forbid (Luke 20:16), a protest against the idea that Israel should be overthrown and dispossessed. This is very different from Mt., who makes the hearers pass judgment on them-...

BY WHAT AUTHORITY? (Luke 20:1-8)...

AND, &c. Compare Matthew 22:15.Mark 12:13. THE SAME. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) the same. See App-156. ON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. PERCEIVED. got to know. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132. Not the same as in Luke 20:23. AGAINST. Greek. _pros._ App-134. AGAINST THEM. Compare Jeremiah 18:18....

_against them_ This decidedly shews the _primary_sense of the Parable. As yet they hardly realized its wider significance. So when the priests and rulers saw that Jeremiah spoke against them, "Come," said they, "and let us devise devices against Jeremiah...come, and let us smite him with the tongue," Jeremiah 18:18. After this parable our Lord added the Parable of the Marriage of the King's Son. Thus in three continuous Parables He convicted the Priests and Scribes (1) of false professions; (2) of cruel faithlessness; (3) of blind presumption. This with their public humiliation about John's baptism made them thirst for speedy vengeance....