Luk 20:9-16 | JFB | STEP | 9-13. vineyard-- (See on ). In additional points are given, taken literally from , to fix down the application and sustain it by Old Testament authority. husbandmen-- the ordinary spiritual guides of the people, under whose care and culture the fruits of righteousness might be yielded. went, &c.-- leaving it to the laws of the spiritual husbandry during the whole length of the Jewish economy. (See on .)

‏ Luke 20:9-16

9-13. vineyard--(See on Lu 13:6). In Mt 21:33 additional points are given, taken literally from Is 5:2, to fix down the application and sustain it by Old Testament authority.

husbandmen--the ordinary spiritual guides of the people, under whose care and culture the fruits of righteousness might be yielded.

went, &c.--leaving it to the laws of the spiritual husbandry during the whole length of the Jewish economy. (See on Mr 4:26.)

14. reasoned among themselves--(Compare Ge 37:18-20; Joh 11:47-53).

the heir--sublime expression of the great truth, that God's inheritance was destined for, and in due time to come into the possession of, His Son in our nature (He 1:2).

inheritance ... ours--and so from mere servants we may become lords; the deep aim of the depraved heart, and literally "the root of all evil."

15. cast him out of the vineyard--(Compare He 13:11-13; 1Ki 21:13; Joh 19:17).

16. He shall come, &c.--This answer was given by the Pharisees themselves (Mt 21:41), thus pronouncing their own righteous doom. Matthew alone (Mt 21:43) gives the naked application, that "the kingdom of God should be taken from them, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof"--the great evangelical community of the faithful, chiefly Gentiles.

God forbid--His whole meaning now bursting upon them.