The Meaning of Matthew 21:40 Explained

Matthew 21:40

KJV: When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

YLT: whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?'

Darby: When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what shall he do to those husbandmen?

ASV: When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When  the lord  therefore  of the vineyard  cometh,  what  will he do  unto those  husbandmen? 

What does Matthew 21:40 Mean?

Context Summary

Matthew 21:33-46 - Rejecters Themselves Rejected
This parable is based on Isaiah 5:1-7. The husbandmen are the religious leaders of the people. The vineyard is of course the Hebrew nation. The servants sent for the produce refer to the prophets and others raised up from time to time to speak for God and to demand "fruits meet for repentance." Notice that when He speaks of the mission of the Son, our Lord severs Himself, by the sharpest possible line, from all merely human messengers and claims sonship in the most intimate and lofty sense of the word.
It is said that in the building of Solomon's Temple, a curiously shaped stone, sent from the quarry, was left to lie for many months in the entangled undergrowth, till suddenly its fitness was discovered for a place in the Temple walls. Then it was put into its right position, which it occupied thenceforward. This incident may be referred to in Psalms 118:22. How truly it portrays men's treatment of our Lord! Is He your corner-stone?
The questions on Section 36-74, to be found on pp. 73-75, will serve as a review at this point. [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 21

1  Jesus rides into Jerusalem upon a donkey
12  drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;
17  curses the fig tree;
23  puts to silence the priests and elders,
28  and rebukes them by the parable of the two sons,
33  and the husbandmen who slew such as were sent to them

What do the individual words in Matthew 21:40 mean?

When therefore shall come the master of the vineyard what will he do the farmers to those
Ὅταν οὖν ἔλθῃ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος τί ποιήσει τοῖς γεωργοῖς ἐκείνοις

ἔλθῃ  shall  come 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἔρχομαι  
Sense: to come.
κύριος  master 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: κύριος  
Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord.
τοῦ  of  the 
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἀμπελῶνος  vineyard 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: ἀμπελών  
Sense: a vineyard.
ποιήσει  will  he  do 
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ποιέω  
Sense: to make.
γεωργοῖς  farmers 
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Plural
Root: γεωργός  
Sense: a husbandman, tiller of the soil, a vine dresser.
ἐκείνοις  to  those 
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Dative Masculine Plural
Root: ἐκεῖνος  
Sense: he, she it, etc.

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