37. "Tarspov, last of all) Cf. Hebrews i. 1. — hrpa.--rlso^ai> they will reverence) i.e. they were in duty bound to do so.
38. OUT-OS hriv 6 KXjjpovo/ioc, this is the Heir) They might have known Him to be the Heir, and yet they opposed His right. — fours, aKojirtivupiv A.-JTOV, come) let us kill Him) Thus the LXX. in Gen. xxxvii. 20. — xaraG^Sif^sv, let us seize upon) They thought to have done so after Christ was slain : see ch. xxvii. 63, 64.
39. 'E^t/3a?.oi/ — x.ai axixruvav, they cast Him out — and slew Him) St Mark reverses the order of these verbs. They rejected the Lord Jesus both before His death, by denying His right (ver. 23), and even more so, by delivering Him up to a Gentile tribunal ; and also after His death, by a hostile interference with His sepulture ; see ch. xxvii. 63, 64, etc.1
41. KaxoOs Kaxus airoX'tffti airou?, He will miserably destroy those wicked men2) An act of retaliation.3 He will do so miser ably with reference to the miserable and wicked husbandmen ; cf. in Hebrews x. 29, ^stpovog — rifLupias SORER punishment. — sxduffsrou, will let out) In the Church gathered from the Gentiles, the ministers and overseers enjoy great liberty.4 The same verb occurs in ver. 33. — xaipo/t, seasons) sc. different seasons. — avruv, their, of them) referring to xapvo-jg, the fruits, in ver. 34.
42. 'EV ra?$ ypa<pa?$, in the Scriptures, Writings). There is one volume which deserves the name of " Writing"5 (Scrip ture), and " Book." The rest deserve to be valued only so far as they aid mankind in understanding and obeying this One Book, and are conformed to that Archetype. — Xftov — sv 6£&a>.//,3% jj/i£v, the stone — in our eyes) This is an exact quotation from Ps. cxviii.6 22, 23, as rendered by the LXX. This Psalm was
1 Ver. 40. oretv ovv e^dtj) This coming was accomplished in the destruc tion of Jerusalem. — V. g.
2 In the original the words are, " X.UMVS x,ax.Z>s — male malos,'' which cannot be rendered in English so as to give the full force of the words : perhaps " ill (adverb) them ill (adjective)" is about the nearest approach that can be made — or, He will wretchedly destroy those wretches. — (I. B.)
3 Talio — i.e. doing ill to ill doers. — (I. B.)
4 Such as the Jewish Church did not enjoy, as being but local and ele mentary. — ED.
5 In Greek and Latin the same word signifies both Writings and Scrip tures. — (I. B.)
6 Numbered cxvii. in S. V. — (I. B.)