Luke 20:14
But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
He shall come and destroy these husbandmen,.... Which had its accomplishment at the destruction of Jerusalem: according to the other evangelists, these words are the answer of the chief priests,…
Christ spoke this parable against those who were resolved not to own his authority, though the evidence of it was ever so full and convincing; and it comes very seasonably to show that by questioning…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
that the inheritance may be ours "His Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things," Heb 1:2. Comp. Joh 11:47-53. "They killed that they might possess, and because they killed they lost." Aug.
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