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Luke 20:18

LUKE—NOTE ON Luke 20:18 Everyone who falls (compare Isaiah 8:14; 1 Peter 2:8) means everyone who rejects Jesus as the Messiah. When it falls on anyone refers to Christ coming back in judgment.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Luke 20:18. _GRIND HIM TO POWDER._] Matthew 21:44, Matthew 21:44....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 Resu...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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 exclamati...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Jesus began to speak this parable to the people. "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants, and went away for a long time. At the proper time he despatched a servant to the tenants so that t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BROKEN. broken to pieces. GRIND HIM TO POWDER. See note on Matthew 21:44....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _shall fall upon that stone_ as the Jews did from the first, 1 Corinthians 1:23. See Isaiah 8:14-15. _shall be broken_ Literally, "_shall be sorely bruised."_ it shall fall as it did on the finally...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΠΕΣῺΝ ἘΠ' ἘΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΝ ΤῸΝ ΛΊΘΟΝ. As the Jews did from the first, 1 Corinthians 1:23. See Isaiah 8:14-15. ΣΥΝΘΛΑΣΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ. ‘_Shall be sorely bruised_.’ The verb is poetic. ἊΝ ΠΈΣΗ. As it did on the final...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE PARABLE OF THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 9. Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long, time. 10. And at the season he sent...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΠΕΣΏΝ _aor. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать, ΣΥΝΘΛΑΣΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΣΥΝΘΛΆΩ (G4917) трясти, ΠΈΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ, _conj._ в indef. rel. _прид._ ΛΙΚΜΉΣΕΙ _fut. ind....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1570 THE REJECTED CORNER STONE Luke 20:17. _And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corne...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Responsibility to Grace (Luke 20:9-19) 9 And he began to tell the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Parable of the Husbandmen Scripture_ Luke 20:9-18 And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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,...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    44 Compare Mic_3:12; Mat_24:2. 45-48 Compare Mat_21:12-17; Mar_11:11; Mar_11:15-19. 45 His kingdom will be a combination of church and state and He will be the Head of both. Hence He not only presen...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    VARIOUS INCIDENTS OF THE LAST WEEK 1-8. The authority of Jesus challenged (Matthew 21:23; Mark 11:27). See on Mt....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN (Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1). See on Mt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 20 THE QUESTION ABOUT JESUS’ AUTHORITY 20:1-8 V1 One day Jesus was in the *Temple. He was teaching the people and declaring the Good News. The chief...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (9-19) THEN BEGAN HE TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE. — See Notes on Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1. The presence of this, as well as of the last section, in the first three Gospels, with so little variation, indica...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHOSOEVER SHALL FALL UPON THAT STONE. — See Note on Matthew 21:44. The verse, which is omitted by many of the best MSS. in St. Matthew, is found in all MSS. of St. Luke. If we were to receive it, on t...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The parable of the wicked vinedressers_ (Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12). Between the last section and this comes, in Mt., the parable of the _Two Sons_....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    points out the bearing of the turn in the fortunes of the “Stone” on the fate of those who rejected Him. The thought is based on Daniel 2:35. It is not in Mk., and it is a doubtful reading in Mt. It m...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐμβλέψας, looking intently, to give impressiveness to what He is going to say in reply. τί οὖν, etc., what then is (means) this Scripture? the οὖν implying that the words point to the very doom they d...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED” Luke 20:9-18 The vineyard represents the privileges and blessings of the Hebrew race. The servants are evidently the prophets and others sent from God. Whatev...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This chapter records the remarkable happenings gathered around our Lord's entrance into the Temple. By a parable He revealed the awful sin and failure of the Hebrew nation, culminating in His own reje...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Fall upon. That is, whosoever sins against God, yet believes, will be spared by God for a short time to repent, though he kills his own soul by mortal sin: but, upon whomsoever it shall fall, that is...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    3. _The Parable of the Husbandmen: Luke 20:9-19_. This parable, in Matthew, is preceded by that of the two sons. If, as the terms of the latter suppose, it applies to the conduct of the chiefs toward...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. And at the season he sent a servant to...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    It will be remarked here that, as He draws nigh to Jerusalem, the Lord weeps over the city. It is not now as in Matthew, where, while discoursing with the Jews, He points it out to them as that which...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHOSOEVER SHALL FALL ON THAT STONE, SHALL BE BROKEN,.... Not who shall fall upon Christ by faith, and build upon him as the foundation stone, for such shall be saved; but that stumble at him, and are...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A certain man planted a vineyard_, &c. See this paragraph explained on Matthew 21:33, and Mark 12:1. _And went into a far country for a long time_ It was a long time from the entrance of the Israelit...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    The parable of the vineyard Matthew 21:33-44....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WHOSOEVER SHALL FALL UPON THAT STONE SHALL BE BROKEN; BUT ON WHOMSOEVER IT SHALL FALL, IT WILL GRIND HIM TO POWDER. The patience of the master of the vineyard is brought out with remarkable power. He...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The climax of the story and its application:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    AUTHORITY:FROM HEAVEN OR OF MEN? (vs.1-8) The chief priests and scribes used every means they could to discredit the Lord Jesus among the people. While He was teaching and preaching in the temple, th...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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, i...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 20:9...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 20:18 Whoever G3956 falls G4098 (G5631) on G1909 that G1565 stone G3037 broken G4917 (G5701) but...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “Every one who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomsoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust (or ‘blow him away as chaff').” And the stone will not only become the head of...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED TENANTS OF A VINEYARD (20:9-19). But Jesus did not leave it there, He riposted with a parable that connected His accusers with the slayers of the prophets, by this confirming...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Passing over the incident of the barren fig tree (Monday evening and Tuesday morning, on the way to and from Bethany) related by Matthew and Mark, Luke gives a sketch of the various assaults made upon...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Luke 20:9-19. THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN. See on Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12....

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    SHALL BE BROKEN TO PIECES (συνθλασθησετα). Future passive indicative of συνθλαω, a rather late compound, only here in the N.T. unless Matthew 21:44 is genuine. It means to shatter.WILL SCATTER HIM...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jesus' authority questioned. Parable of the vineyard. Question of the tribute money. Answer to Sadducees about resurrection. Jesus questions Scribes. CHARACTERS: Jesus, priests, Scribes, Jo...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Luke 20:2. _Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things._ A question after all his miracles which offered the foulest insult to God, and was the emanation of complot and of malice. See Matthew...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    A MAN PLANTED A VINEYARD. See notes on this parable in Matthew 21:33-46. The Jewish leaders rejected every prophet God sent them!...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Gospels Compared

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  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 20 VER. 36. _They are equal unto the angels._ So the Arabic, Syriac, Egyptian, Persian, and Ethiopic; equal in celibacy, immortality, glory. As therefore the angels do not marry nor generate,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 20:9. THEN BEGAN HE.—The opening of a fresh series of parables and discourses. THIS PARABLE.—The substance of which is partly a history of the ingratitude and rebelliousness of t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Thessalonians 2:16; Daniel 2:34; Daniel 2:35; Daniel 2:44; Daniel

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Shall be broken [σ υ ν θ λ α σ θ η σ ε τ α ι]. Rev., rightly, broken to pieces. See on Matthew 21:44. Grind him to powder [λ ι κ μ η σ ε ι]. See on Matthew 21:44. 20 - 26. Compare Matthew 22:15-22;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Matthew 21:45....

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