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Selected Verse: Matthew 21:29 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 21:29 |
King James |
He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| He answered and said, I will not--TRENCH notices the rudeness of this answer, and the total absence of any attempt to excuse such disobedience, both characteristic; representing careless, reckless sinners resisting God to His face. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
repented
Compare (Luk 15:20); the other perfect illustration of repentance.
(See Scofield) - (Act 17:30). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Repented (μεταμεληθεὶς)
This is a different word from that in Mat 3:2; Mat 4:17; μετανοεῖτε, Repent ye. Though it is fairly claimed that the word here implies all that is implied in the other word, the New Testament writers evidently recognize a distinction, since the noun which corresponds to the verb in this passage (μεταμέλεια) is not used at all in the New Testament, and the verb itself only five times; and, in every case except the two in this passage (see Mat 21:32), with a meaning quite foreign to repentance in the ordinary gospel sense. Thus it is used of Judas, when he brought back the thirty pieces (Mat 27:3); of Paul's not regretting his letter to the Corinthians (Co2 7:8); and of God (Heb 7:21). On the other hand, μετανοέω, repent, used by John and Jesus in their summons to repentance (Mat 3:2; Mat 4:17), occurs thirty-four times, and the noun μετάνοια, repentance (Mat 3:8, Mat 3:11), twenty-four times, and in every case with reference to that change of heart and life wrought by the Spirit of God, to which remission of sins and salvation are promised. It is not impossible, therefore, that the word in this passage may have been intended to carry a different shade of meaning, now lost to us. Μεταμέλομαι, as its etymology indicates (μετά, after, and μέλω, to be an object of care), implies an after-care, as contrasted with the change of mind denoted by μετάνοια. Not sorrow for moral obliquity and sin against God, but annoyance at the consequences of an act or course of acts, and chagrin at not having known better. "It may be simply what our fathers were wont to call hadiwist (had-I-wist, or known better, I should have acted otherwise)" (Trench). Μεταμέλεια refers chiefly to single acts; μετάνοια denotes the repentance which affects the whole life. Hence the latter is often found in the imperative: Repent ye (Mat 3:2; Mat 4:17; Act 2:38; Act 3:19); the former never. Paul's recognition of the distinction (Co2 7:10) is noteworthy. "Godly sorrow worketh repentance (μετάνοιαν) unto salvation," a salvation or repentance "which bringeth no regret on thinking of it afterwards" (ἀμεταμέλητον). There is no occasion for one ever to think better of either his repentance or the salvation in which it issued. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I will not - This is the general reply of every sinner to the invitations of God; and, in it, the Most High is treated without ceremony or respect. They only are safe who persist not in the denial. |
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.