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Selected Verse: Luke 20:10 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 20:10 |
King James |
And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. |
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] |
| beat, &c.-- (Mat 21:35); that is, the prophets, extraordinary messengers raised up from time to time. (See on Mat 23:37.) |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Of the fruit
See on Mar 12:2. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| That they should give him of the fruit - The Hindoo corn-merchants, that have lent money to husbandmen, send persons in harvest-time to collect their share of the produce of the ground. |
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.