And he began to speak unto them by parables. A _certain_ man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about _it_, and digged _a place for_ the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. Ver. 1. _A certain man planted, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 21:33 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they caught _him_, and beat him, and sent _him_ away empty. Ver. 3. _And beat him_] Properly, they hild (tanned) him; but by a metonymy, _a_ they beat him. _Sic perc... [ Continue Reading ]
And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded _him_ in the head, and sent _him_ away shamefully handled. Ver. 4. _Wounded him in the head_] _Caput comminuerunt, _ they brake his head. Theophylact interpreteth it, They completed their villany, and spent all th... [ Continue Reading ]
And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. 6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. Ver. 6. _They will reverence my son_] They will surely be ashamed to look him in th... [ Continue Reading ]
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. 8 And they took him, and killed _him_, and cast _him_ out of the vineyard. 9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will g... [ Continue Reading ]
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? Ver. 14. _To give tribute_] This tribute the Jews then paid to the R... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see _it_. Ver. 15. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:19 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And they brought _it_. And he saith unto them, Whose _is_ this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's. Ver. 16. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:20 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him. Ver. 17. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:21 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, Ver. 18. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:23 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave _his_ wife _behind him_, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Ver. 19. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:24 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. Ver. 20. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:25 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. Ver. 21. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:26 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. Ver. 22. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:26 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:27 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. Ver. 23. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:28 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? Ver. 24. _Not knowing the Scriptures_] And yet they alleged and argued out of Scripture, but upon a false ground; viz. that the state of men should continue in the other world... [ Continue Reading ]
For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. Ver. 25. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:30 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I _am_ the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? Ver. 26. _I am the God of Abraham_] Therefore thy God also, if thou walk in the footsteps of faithful A... [ Continue Reading ]
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. Ver. 27. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:32 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? Ver. 28. _Asked him, which is the first_] All Christ's disciples must be Ζητητικοι, _Questionists, _ and do the same to learn that... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments _is_, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: Ver. 29. _Is one Lord_] This the wiser heathens, as Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle with his _Ens Entium miserere mei_ (if that were his), acknowledged,Exodus 34:14. (εις θεος εσ... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this _is_ the first commandment. Ver. 30. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:37 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the second _is_ like, _namely_ this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Ver. 31. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 22:39 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love _his_ neighbour as himself, is more than a... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David? Ver. 35. _How say the Scribes_] They were great genealogists; how was it then that they were no better versed in the genealogy of Christ? that they could give no better an account of his... [ Continue Reading ]
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. Ver. 36. _Said by the Holy Ghost_] The Psalms then are a part of Holy Writ by Christ's own testimony, who also, Luke 24:44, divideth the Old Testament into the law... [ Continue Reading ]
David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he _then_ his son? And the common people heard him gladly. Ver. 37. _The common people_] The lesser fishes commonly bite best.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and _love_ salutations in the marketplaces, Ver. 38. _Love to go in long clothing_] Down to the heels, as senators, or counsellors. A garment that Christ himself wore, as being a citizen or free denizen... [ Continue Reading ]
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: Ver. 39. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 23:6 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. Ver. 40. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 23:14 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. Ver. 41. _And beheld_] He still sits and seeth the condition, gift, and mind of every almsgiver; and weighs all, not by the worth of the gift, but by the will of th... [ Continue Reading ]
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. Ver. 42. _Two mites_] A mite is valued of our money to be three parts of one cent. (Godw. Ant.) Her mite could weigh but little, but her heart weighed heavy; and so her heart, being put to her mite, gave it weig... [ Continue Reading ]
And he called _unto him_ his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: Ver. 43. _This poor widow_] Women are noted in the parable of the lost groat to be fond of money; widows especially, and poor... [ Continue Reading ]