κύριε. ‘Sir,’ as far as the parable is concerned.

καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔτος. “The Lord … is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance,” 2 Peter 3:9. In “this year also” it is better to see generally the respite of forty years between the crucifixion and the destruction of Jerusalem, rather than the yet remaining period of our Lord’s ministry. God never strikes without warning, because He desires to save.

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