Luke 20

Luke 20:9

And after a parable delivered by him, and set down, Matt. xxi. 21, he added this other, Matt. xxi. 28; A certain man that had a family, planted a vineyard, and did all that was necessary to that turn, fenced it with a good strong mound, hewed a trough to press the grapes in, and built a lodge for the keeper of it, and then let it out to farmers at a rent, and himself travelled for a time, (noting the care and provision God had made for the church of the Jews, Isaiah v., which made him a strange return for all this, killed his prophets, (which called for fruits of good life from them,) and at last his Son Christ Jesus himself.) b pay him that rent which his vineyard was to yield him: but the husbandmen—

Luke 20:16

They of the sanhedrim answered with joint consent, Matt. xxi. 41, He will (as it is in any reason to be expected) come and destroy those husbandmen, and dispose the vineyard into other hands. Which when Christ, from their own confession had taken for a granted truth, and, Matt. xxi. 43, brought home and applied to them, as a prediction of what was in any reason to befall them, (see ver. 19,) they then expressed a great aversation or dislike of it.

Luke 20:20

And the Pharisees sent some of their disciples and some of those that adhered to Herod, Matt. xxii. 16, to entrap and ensnare him; to which end, they put on the disguise of upright conscientious men, that earnestly desired to be instructed in a scruple of every day’s practice, about paying tribute; meaning by his answer to take advantage, and, if he said any thing against Cæsar’s right, as they supposed he would, then to accuse and implead him before the procurator of the Romans.

ᵈ Why do ye desire and endeavour to ensnare me?

Luke 20:24

See Matt. xxii. 20, and note [c] on that verse. ¹ dash him to pieces, Λυμφοςι αὐτόν: see note [g] Matt. xxi.

Luke 20:37

But as for the main point disputed between you Jews, that there is another life after this, your own Moses will instruct you in those words which he delivered at the bush, Exod. iii. 6, (see note [d] Matt. xxii.) when he calleth— for those that are departed out of this world have another life, the souls of the just are already in the hands of God, and their bodies sure to be raised up and united to them by the power of God.

Luke 20:41

And after some few things, (Matt. xxii. 35,) the Pharisees being come about him, he proposed a question to them, (Matt. xxii. 41,) what they thought of the Messias, whose son he was; and upon their answering that he was David’s, he again asked, how that could be?

Luke 20:45

Matt. xxi. 12. k the sanhedrim sat in consultation how they might put him to death.

Luke 20:47

They are persons of great covetousness and cruelty, oppressors of the poor and helpless, without any mercy; and that they may hold up their reputation, which is necessary to enable them to do so securely, they pretend great devotion, and pray a great while.

Luke 20:48

And they could not resolve on any safe course, because the people were generally so affected to him. ### CHAP. XX. AND it came to pass, that on one of those days, *as he taught the people in a he went into the temple, and as he expounded the lesson, and on occasion of that made known the gos-