Vv. 33-46. Parable of the rebellious: vine-dressers (Mk. xii. 1-12, Lk. xx. 0-10). —Ver. 33. ἄλλην π. ἀ., hear another parable ; spoken at the same time, and)
29—38.
33. 'Άλλην παραβολὴν ἀκούσατε. πότης, ὅστις ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα, καὶ " φραγμὸν αὐτῷ περιέθηκε,
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r Mk. xii. 1. Lk. xiv.
λος > > α ϐ / ‘ 3 a / \ 2¢7 2 23. Eph καὶ " ὤρυξεν ἐν αὐτῷ "ληνόν, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε " πύργον, καὶ ἐξέδοτο”. 23 pen
αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς, καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν.
καρπῶν, ἀπέστειλε τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοὺς γεωργούς, λαβεῖν
34. ὅτε δὲ ἤγγισεν ὁ καιρὸς τῶν 5 Ch. xxv.
18% Mk. xii. 1. t Rev. xiv.
τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτοῦ: 35. καὶ λαβόντες οἱ γεωργοὶ τοὺς δούλους 19, 20;
xix. 15.
αὐτοῦ, ὃν μὲν ἔδειραν, ὃν δὲ ἀπέκτειναν, ὃν δὲ ” ἐλιθοβόλησαν. υ Mk. xii. τ.
36. πάλιν ἀπέστειλεν ἄλλους δούλους πλείονας τῶν πρώτων: καὶ
ἐποίησαν αὐτοῖς ὡσαύτως.
τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, λέγων, ' ᾿Εντραπήσονται τὸν υἱόν µου.
k. xili. 4; xiv. 28. v Ch. xxiii.
37. ὕστερον δὲ ἀπέστειλε πρὸς αὐτοὺς 37. Lk.
ΧΙ, 34. Acts vii.
38. οἱ δὲ
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Seite, ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ Katdoxwpev ὃ τὴν κληρονοµίαν αὐτοῦ.
1 vis wanting in many uncials. 3 εξεδετο in BCL.
2,4. Heb. xii. 9.
εξεδοτο is a grammatical correction.
ὅσχωμεν in $BDLZ 33 (Tisch., W.H.).
of kindredimport. The abrupt introduc- tion betrays emotion. Jesus is aware that He has given mortal offence, and here shows His knowledge by fore- shadowing His own doom. The former parable has exposed the insincerity of the leaders of Israel, this exposes their open revolt against even divine authority. --ἀμπελῶνα: it is another vineyard par- able. They were both probably extem- porised, the one suggesting the other, the picture of mondoing calling up the companion picture of misdoing.—dpaypov a. περιέθηκε, etc,: detailed description of the pains taken by the landlord in the construction of the vineyard, based on Isaiah’s song of the vineyard (chap. v. 2), all with a view to fruitfulness, and to fruit of the best kind; for the owner, at least, is very much in earnest: a hedge to protect against wild beasts, a press and vat that the grapes may be squeezed and the juice preserved, a tower that the ripe fruit may not be stolen.—éééSero, let it out on hire; on what terms—whether for a rent in money or on the metayer system, produce divided between owner and workers—does not here appear. The latter seems to be implied in the parallels (Mk. xii. 2, ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν, Lk. xx. το, ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ).-- ἀπεδήμησεν, went abroad, to leave them freedom, and also to give them time; for the newly planted vines would not bear fruit for two or three years. No unreasonableness in this landlord.—Ver. 34. καιρὸς: not merely the season of the year, but the time at which the new vines might be expected to Ῥεατ.- τοὺς καρποὺς: the
whole, apparently implying a money rent. The mode of tenure probably not thought of by this evangelist.—avrov should prob- ably be referred to the owner, not to the vineyard = “‘his fruits,” as in A. V.— Ver. 35. λαβόντες of y., etc. The husbandmen treat the messengers in the most barbarous and truculent manner: beating, killing, stoning to death; highly improbable in the natural sphere, but another instance in which parables have to violate natural probability in order to describe truly men’s conduct in the spiritual sphere. On ἐδείραν Kypke re- remarks: the verb Sépew for verberare is 5ο rare in profane writers that some have thought that for ἔδειραν should be read ἔδῃραν, from Saipw.—Ver. 36. πλείονας τ. π., more than the first. Some take πλ. as referring to quality rather than number: better than the former (Bengel, Goebel, etc.), which is a legitimate but not likely rendering. The intention is to emphasise the number of persons sent (prophets).—a@cavtws: no difference in the treatment; savage mood chronic.— Ver. 37. ὕστερον, not afterwards merely, but finally, the last step was now to be taken, the mission of the son and heir ; excuses conceivable hitherto: doubt as to credentials, a provoking manner in those sent, etc.; not yet conclusively proved that deliberate defiance is intended. The patient master will make that clear before taking further steps.—évtpam7- σονται (pass. for mid.), they will show respect to. It is assumed that they will have no difficulty in knowing him.—Ver. 38. iSdévres: neither have they; they