Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)
Matthew 20:12
Matthew 20:12. These last spent one hour, etc. A well-grounded complaint, if salvation were of works.
Matthew 20:12. These last spent one hour, etc. A well-grounded complaint, if salvation were of works.
THE BURDEN AND HEAT OF THE DAY - The burden means the heavy labor, the severe toil. We have continued at that toil in the heat of the day. The others had worked only a little while, and that in the co...
8. THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD. The Healing of the Two Blind Men. CHAPTER 20 1. The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. (Matthew 20:1 .) 2. The Third Prediction of His Death an...
PARABLE OF THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. It is possible (as it is necessary) to distinguish two interpretations of this splendid parable, (_a)_ that intended by Jesus, (_b)_ that suggested by the eva...
THE MASTER SEEKS HIS WORKERS (Matthew 20:1-16)...
"For the situation in the Kingdom of Heaven is like what happened when a householder went out first thing in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. When he had come to an agreement with them th...
THESE. That these. Greek. _hoti,_ putting their words between quotation marks. See note on Luke 23:43. HAVE WROUGHT BUT ONE HOUR. made one hour.. Hebraism. Compare Ruth 2:19, "Where wroughtest thou to...
_which have borne the burden and heat of the day_ This may be regarded as man's estimate of his own merits, which is not the divine estimate. The words echo the tone of "what shall we have?" ch. Matth...
THE PARABLE OF THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD Peculiar to St Matthew...
The omission of ὅτι after ΛΈΓΟΝΤΕΣ is on the best evidence (אBC2DI versions and fathers). 12. ΜΊΑΝ ὭΡΑΝ ἘΠΟΊΗΣΑΝ. Cp. Acts 15:33, ποιήσαντες δὲ χρόνον�. So _facere_ in Latin, ‘quamvis autem paucissim...
Ver 1. "For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a...
_AT THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY IS THE GRACE OF GOD MATTHEW 20:1-16:_ The parable of the workers in the vineyard is a powerful lesson on the theme of God's grace. What God gives comes from His goodness...
ΛΈΓΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) ΜΊΑΝ _acc. sing. fem. от_ ΕΙΣ, ΜΊΑ, ΕΝ (G1520) один. _асс._ времени: "в течение одного часа" ΈΠΟΊΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать; здесь: р...
Section 50 JESUS TELLS THE STORY OF THE ELEVENTH HOUR LABORERS TEXT: 20:1-16 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers...
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. SAYING, THESE LAST HAVE WROUGHT [BUT] ONE HOUR, AND THOU HAST M...
23 As the political constitution of the Jewish commonwealth rendered it practically impossible to acquire great possessions without oppressing others, riches were a hindrance and are largely lost in t...
THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM 1-16, Parable of the labourers in the vineyard (peculiar to St. Matthew). This difficult parable is closely linked with what goes before, and ca...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 20 THE STORY ABOUT THE LAND-OWNER’S WORKERS 20:1-16 V1 ‘Where God rules, it is like this. A man who owned land went out early one mo...
BUT ONE HOUR. — Literally, in what was probably the technical language of labourers, _made but one hour:_ THE BURDEN AND HEAT OF THE DAY. — The word rendered “heat” is elsewhere used — as in James 1:1...
CHAPTER 15 Last Days in Peraea - Matthew 19:1 - Matthew 20:1 THERE were two main roads from Galilee to Jerusalem. One passed through Samaria, on the west of the Jordan, the other through Peraea, east...
heir grievous complaint. οὗτοι, _these_, with a workman's contempt for a sham-worker. ἐποίησαν. Some (Wetstein, Meyer, Goebel, etc.) render, _spent_ = they put in their one hour: without doing any wor...
_The evening settlement_....
_Parable of the hours_, peculiar to Mt., and, whatever its real connection as spoken by Jesus, to be interpreted in relation to its setting as here given, which is not impossible. The parable is broug...
THE BARGAINING SPIRIT REBUKED Matthew 20:1-16 This parable originated in Peter's question. He had seen the rich young man go away sorrowful, because he could not meet the test which had been put to...
One great principle of rewards is laid down in this parable. It is that they will be given, not according to length or amount of service, but according to fidelity to opportunities. The Master was now...
CHAPTER 16 THE HIRED LABORERS Matthew 20:1-16. _“For the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man who is a landlord, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.”_ The Jews...
"For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. (2) And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE REFORM OF THE IDLER_ ‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.’ Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6 This parable is one of the most difficult in the New Te...
We may remark that, when the Lord answers Peter, it was the consequence of having left all for Christ upon His call. The motive was Christ Himself: therefore He says, "Ye which have followed me." He s...
SAYING, THESE LAST HAVE WROUGHT BUT ONE HOUR,.... Thinking it hard, that they should have the same reward for the service of one hour, others had for the service of many. This is grudged by the Jews x...
Saying, These last have wrought _but_ one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. Ver. 12. _Thou hast made them equal_] Lo, this is the guise of...
_When the first came, they supposed that they should have received more The first_, here seems to mean the Jews, who always supposed that they should, in every thing, be preferred before the Gentiles,...
SAYING, THESE LAST HAVE WROUGHT BUT ONE HOUR, AND THOU HAST MADE THEM EQUAL UNTO US, WHICH HAVE BORNE THE BURDEN AND HEAT OF THE DAY. Six o'clock came, and the master gave the foreman, or steward, one...
The settlement at evening:...
The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his vineya...
HAVE WROUGHT BUT ONE HOUR: Or, have continued one hour only...
1-16 The direct object of this parable seems to be, to show that though the Jews were first called into the vineyard, at length the gospel should be preached to the Gentiles, and they should be admit...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 20:16"....
Matthew 20:12 G3754 saying G3004 (G5723) These G3778 last G2078 worked G4160 (G5656) one G3391 hour...
“And when they received it, they murmured continually against the householder, saying, ‘These last have spent but one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and...
EQUAL UNTO US (ισους αυτους ημιν). Associative instrumental case ημιν after ισους. It was a regular protest against the supposed injustice of the householder.THE BURDEN OF THE DAY AND THE SCORCHING...
Matthew 20:1. _For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers f...
Matthew 20:1. _For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers f...
CONTENTS: Parables of laborers in the vineyard. Jesus' death and resurrection again foretold. Ambitious requests of James and John. Healing of the two blind men. CHARACTERS: Jesus, wife of Zebedee, J...
Matthew 20:1. _A householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers_ for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most important time of the vintage being understood. It was the custom...
_For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard: _ THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD 1. This story is on the...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 20:2 DENARIUS. A typical day’s wage for a laborer. THIRD HOUR. 9:00 A.M. The workday was typically divided into four three-hour parts, running from approximately 6:00 A.
CHAPTER 20 _The kingdom of heaven is like._ That is, God acts in the kingdom of Heaven like a master hiring labourers into his vineyard; for strictly speaking, the kingdom of Heaven is not like the h...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 20:1. FOR, etc.—The division of the Chapter s is here singularly unfortunate, as separating the parable both from the events which gave occasion to it and from the teaching wh...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 20:1 _Parable of the labourers in the vineyard_._ _(Peculiar to St. Matthew.) MATTHEW 20:1 FOR. The following parable is intended to illustrate the apophthegm at the end of the...
Shall we turn to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty, and continue our book-by-book study through the Word of God? Matthew chapter twenty opens with the parable of the laborers going out into the vineyard...
1 Corinthians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 11:23; Ephesians 3:6; Isaiah 58:2;...
Heat [κ α υ σ ω ν α]. Rev., the scorching heat. The word is from kaiw, to burn. It refers to the dry, scorching heat born by the east wind. Compare Job 27:21; Hosea 13:15. The wind blows from the Arab...
Thou hast made them equal to us — So St. Peter expressly, Acts 15:9. God — hath put no difference between us (Jews) and them, (Gentiles,) purifying their hearts by faith. And those who were equally ho...