Whoever falls on this stone. Those who will not confess him as Messiah. "We proclaim Christ on the cross, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles" [1 Corinthians 1:23]. And if the stone falls on someone. The wrath of Christ in the judgment which was the siege of Jerusalem. Also that Day when Christ the Lamb will judge in wrath from the Great White Throne. See Revelation 6:15-17.
MATTHEW 21:44 @Kai. … auto,n)# {C} Many modern scholars regard the verse as an early interpolation (from Luke 20:18) into most manuscripts of Matthew. On the other hand, however, the words are n...
Verse Matthew 21:44. The 44th verse should certainly come before Matthew 21:43, otherwise the narration is not consecutive. -Verse Matthew 21:42. _The stone which the builders rejected, is become th...
THE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD - This is also recorded in Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9. Matthew 21:33 HEAR ANOTHER PARABLE - See the notes at...
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...
THE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD (Mark 12:1 *, Luke 20:9). The chief peculiarities of Mt.'s version are (Matthew 21:39) the slaying of the heir outside the vineyard (perhaps a recollection of Jesus sufferi...
Jesus said, "Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and gave it out to cultivators an...
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT (Matthew 21:1-11)...
ON. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. GRIND HIM TO POWDER. Supposed to mean winnow or scatter as dust. But in. _Papyrus_ (Fayyum, second or third cent, A.D.) it is used for _ruining_. thing in some way. Th...
_whosoever shall fall on this stone_, &c. Lightfoot, _Hor. Hebr._, sees here a reference to the custom of stoning: "the place of stoning was twice as high as a man. From the top of this, one of the wi...
43, 44. For remarks on the poetical form of these verses see Bp Jebb’s _Sacred Literature_, pp. 127–130. The climax is perfect. The first couplet (ἄρθησεται … καρποὺς αὐτῆς) expresses loss, the second...
THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19 No parable interprets itself more clearly than this. Israel is represented by an image which the prophets had made familiar and unmistakeable—the Vine...
Ὁ ΠΕΣῺΝ ἘΠῚ ΤῸΝ ΛΊΘΟΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. Lightfoot, _Hor. Hebr._, sees here a reference to the custom of stoning: ‘the place of stoning was twice as high as a man. From the top of this one of the witnesses, strik...
Ver 33. "Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and...
_WITH THE FINISH IN SIGHT JESUS SPOKE OF GOD'S GOODNESS AND DESIRE TO SAVE MATTHEW 21:33-46:_ "The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the House of Israel." (Isaiah 5:7) God had entrusted His vineyard to...
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THEREFORE I SAY UNTO YOU, &C.— "For the reason that God has expressly foretold this judgement shall happen to you, and because it is a most righteous and equitable judgement, I assure you it will fall...
SECTION 57 JESUS MEETS CHALLENGES TO HIS AUTHORITY: THREE PARABLES OF WARNING TEXT: 21:33-46 C. THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN 33 Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder,...
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. AND WHOSOEVER SHALL FALL ON THIS STONE SHALL BE BROKEN: BUT ON WHOMSOEVER IT SH...
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...
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...
THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN (Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9). The doctrinal importance of this parable, which belongs to the oldest tradition, is great. In it Christ claims to be in a unique sense the Son of God. He...
Wetstein well says, 'He who falls upon a great stone, is bruised indeed, but can be healed, but he upon whom'a great stone falls, is ground as it were to dust, like the chaff that is scattered to the...
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...
WHOSOEVER SHALL FALL ON THIS STONE. — There is a manifest reference to the “stumbling and falling and being broken” of Isaiah 8:14. In the immediate application of the words, those who “fell” were tho...
Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1 CHAPTER 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
_Parable of the rebellious vine-dressers_ (Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19)....
his verse, bracketed by W. H [120], found in the same connection in Lk. (Luke 20:18), looks rather like an interpolation, yet it suits the situation, serving as a solemn warning to men meditating evil...
_Application_. ὅταν οὖν ἔλθῃ ὁ κ., etc.: what would you expect the owner to do after such ongoings have been reported to him? Observe the subjunctive after ὅταν compared with the indicative ἤγγισεν af...
REJECTERS THEMSELVES REJECTED Matthew 21:33-46 This parable is based on Isaiah 5:1-7. The husbandmen are the religious leaders of the people. The vineyard is of course the Hebrew nation. The servants...
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...
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will (b) grind him to powder. (b) As chaff used to be scattered with the wind, for he uses a word which pro...
THE WICKED HUSBANDMAN Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19. Matthew: “Hear another parable: A man who is a landlord planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge round it, and dug a wine-trough in it...
"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...
44._And he who shall fall on this stone. _Christ confirms more fully the former statement, that he suffers no loss or diminution when he is rejected by the wicked, because, though their obstinacy were...
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...
AND WHOSOEVER SHALL FALL ON THIS STONE,.... This is not to be understood of believing in Christ, or of a soul's casting itself on Christ, the foundation stone; relying on him, and building all its hop...
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. Ver. 44. _And whosoever shall fall on this stone_] Christ is a stone of stumbling...
_Whosoever shall fall on this stone_ Which the builders have rejected, but which God will make the head of the corner; that is, whosoever shall stumble at me and my doctrine, while I am here on earth...
THIS STONE; Jesus Christ. Whosoever should stumble at his lowly appearance, or the matter and manner of his teaching, would greatly suffer. IT SHALL FALL; those who against light should continue to o...
AND WHOSOEVER SHALL FALL ON THIS STONE SHALL BE BROKEN; BUT ON WHOMSOEVER IT SHALL FALL, IT WILL GRIND HIM TO POWDER. Christ does not mince words, but applies the parable with merciless power. He remi...
The application:...
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...
33-46 This parable plainly sets forth the sin and ruin of the Jewish nation; and what is spoken to convict them, is spoken to caution all that enjoy the privileges of the outward church. As men treat...
OLBHeb; Ver. 42-44. Mark saith, MARK 12:10,11, _And have ye not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvel...
Matthew 21:44 And G2532 falls G4098 (G5631) on G1909 this G5126 stone G3037 broken G4917 (G5701) but...
“And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.” The idea of the Stone then leads on to other aspects of the Stone in Scripture, an...
THE APPLICATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PARABLE (21:42-46). Jesus then makes clear the basic facts which the parable is bringing home, that the very Stone which is the keystone of the whole of God's b...
THE QUESTION OF JESUS' AUTHORITY (21:37-22:46). While, as we have seen above, the section from Matthew 19:3 to Matthew 22:46 forms a complete section in itself, enclosed within a dissertation on true...
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...
Matthew 21:44. AND HE THAT FALLETH ON THIS STONE, _i.e._, the corner-stone, Christ (Matthew 21:42). This verse expands the clause: ‘He will miserably destroy these miserable men,' adding the thought t...
SHALL BE BROKEN TO PIECES (συνθλασθησετα). Some ancient manuscripts do not have this verse. But it graphically pictures the fate of the man who rejects Christ. The verb means to shatter. We are fam...
STONE SHALL BE BROKEN Christ, as the "Stone", is revealed in a threefold way: (1) To Israel Christ, coming not as a splendid monarch but in the form of a servant, is a stumbling stone and rock of of...
Matthew 21:44 I. Every man has some kind of connection with Christ. II. The immediate issue of rejection of Christ is loss and maiming. III. The ultimate issue of unbelief is irremediable destructi...
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...
JESUS TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED TENANTS MATTHEW 21:33-46; MARK 12:1-12; LUKE 20:9-19; MATTHEW 21:33 Hear another parable: T
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 21:33. A VINEYARD.—Was regarded as the most valuable plantation, which yielded the largest harvest, but required also the most constant labour and care (_Schaff_). A WINEPRESS...
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...
1 Peter 2:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 4:3; 2 Corinthians 4:4;...
Shall be broken [σ υ ν θ λ α σ θ η σ ε τ α ι]. The verb is stronger : broken to pieces; so Rev. Grind him to powder [λ ι κ μ η σ ε ι α υ τ ο ν]. But the A. V. misses the picture in the word, which is...
Whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken — Stumblers at Christ shall even then receive much hurt. He is said to fall on this stone, who hears the Gospel and does not believe. But on whomsoev...
These words are taken out of Psalms 118:22, which the Jews understood to be. prophecy of the Messiah, and accordingly Christ appliest them to himself. The church is the BUILDING INTENDED, CHRIST HIMSE...