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Selected Verse: Matthew 20:12 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 20:12 |
King James |
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. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat--the burning heat.
of the day--who have wrought not only longer but during a more trying period of the day. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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 cool of the evening, and when it was fax more pleasant and much less fatiguing. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Heat (καύσωνα)
Rev., the scorching heat. The word is from καίω, to burn. It refers to the dry, scorching heat borne by the east wind. Compare Job 27:21; Hos 13:15. The wind blows from the Arabian desert, parching, dry, exciting the blood, and causing restlessness and sleeplessness. It seldom brings storms, but when it does, they are doubly destructive, During harvest the corn cannot be winnowed if the east wind blows, for it would carry away both chaff and corn. In Pharaoh's dream (Gen 41:6) the ears are blasted by it: Jonah's gourd is withered by it (Jon 4:8), and the vine in Ezekiel's parable of the Babylonian captivity is blighted by it (Eze 17:10). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thou hast made them equal to us - So St. Peter expressly, Act 15:9. God - hath put no difference between us (Jews) and them, (Gentiles,) purifying their hearts by faith. And those who were equally holy here, whenever they were called, will be equally happy hereafter. |
10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.