Matthew 21:33

another. Greek. alios. App-124.: i.e.. similar. The second parable spoken in the Temple.

householder. master of. house.

hedged it round about. placed about it. fence.

winepress. Septuagint for Hebrew. gath, the press, not the vat. Isaiah 5:2.

tower. For the watchmen. See Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 5:2; Isaiah 24:20; Job 27:18.

let it out. There were three kinds of leases: (1) where the labourers received. proportion of the produce for their payment; (2) where full rent was paid; (3) where. definite part of the produce was to be given by the lessees, whatever the harvest was. Such leases were given by the year, or for life, or were even hereditary. From Matthew 21:34 and Mark 12:2 the word "of" shows that the latter kind of lease is referred to in this parable.

went into. far country. went abroad, or journeyed. As in Matthew 25:14; Matthew 25:15.Mark 12:1; Mark 13:34.Luke 15:13; Luke 20:9.