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Selected Verse: Matthew 21:37 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 21:37 |
King James |
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. |
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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] |
| But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son--In Mark (Mar 12:6) this is most touchingly expressed: "Having yet therefore one son, His well-beloved, He sent Him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence My Son." Luke's version of it too (Luk 20:13) is striking: "Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send My beloved Son: it may be they will reverence Him when they see Him." Who does not see that our Lord here severs Himself, by the sharpest line of demarcation, from all merely human messengers, and claims for Himself Sonship in its loftiest sense? (Compare Heb 3:3-6). The expression, "It may be they will reverence My Son," is designed to teach the almost unimaginable guilt of not reverentially welcoming God's Son. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
They will reverence (ἐνταραπήσονται)
The verb literally means to turn toward; hence to give heed to, pay respect to. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Last of all he sent - his son - This requires no comment. Our Lord plainly means himself.
They will reverence - Εντραπησονται, they will reflect upon their conduct and blush for shame because of it, when they see my son. So the Syric and Persic. |
3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.