Luke 20:13

“Then said the Lord of the vineyard, etc.] Who planted it, and let it out to husbandmen, and expected fruit from it, and sent his servants from time to time for it: what shall I do? or what can be done more than has been done? (<230504>Isaiah 5:4) who else can be sent that is likely to do any good with such an ungrateful and unfruitful people? I will send my beloved Son; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who lay in his bosom, was the darling of his soul, and the delight of his heart; him he determined to send, and him he did send to the lost sheep of the house of Israel: it may be they will reverence him, when they see him: it might be thought after the manner of men, that considering…”

“my beloved son--Mark (Mar 12:6) still more affectingly, "Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved"; our Lord thus severing Himself from all merely human messengers, and claiming Sonship in its loftiest sense. (Compare Heb 3:3-6.) it may be--"surely"; implying the almost unimaginable guilt of not doing so.”

“See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-45. return to 'Top of Page'”

“20:13 my cherished son: The Messiah was predicted to have a unique father-son relationship with God (see 2 Sam 7:14; Pss 2:7; 89:26-29).”

“What: Isa 5:4; Hos 6:4, Hos 11:8 I will: Luk 9:35; Mat 3:17, Mat 17:5; Joh 1:34, Joh 3:16, Joh 3:17, Joh 3:35, Joh 3:36; Rom 8:3; Gal 4:4; Jo1 4:9-15 it may: Jer 36:3, Jer 36:7 Luke 20:14”