46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-46)This parable plainly sets forth the sin and ruin of the Jewish nation; they and their leaders are the husbandmen here; and what is spoken for conviction to them, is spoken for caution to all that enjoy the privileges of the visible church, not to be high-minded, but fear. I. We have here the privileges of the Jewish church, represented by the letting out of a vineyard to the husbandmen; they were…
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