Matthew 21:30

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But what think ye? - A way of speaking designed to direct them particularly to what he was saying, that they might be self-convicted. Two sons...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 21:28 to Matthew 22:14 . A trilogy of parables, perhaps from Q, enforcing the implicit teaching of the fig-tree incident. Matthew 21...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the second. Tischendorf reads "the other" (Greek. heteros, App-124.)
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

30. I, Sir. (35) This phrase is borrowed from the Hebrew language; for, when the Hebrews wish to offer their services, and to declare that...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1387 THE TWO SONS Matthew 21:28-31 . But what think ye? A certain man had two sons: and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go , sir: and went not. I go, sir - This is all respect, complaisance, and...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But what think ye? A certain man, &c.— Because the chief priests and elders had said that they did not know whence John's baptism was, Jesus sh...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. And he came to the second, and said likewise...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Triumphal Entry. Cleansing of the Temple Chronology of the Last Week of Christ's Life, commonly called Holy Week (chiefly after Hastings' 'Dic...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parable of the Two Sons (peculiar to St. Matthew). The 'certain man' is God, and He is represented as a father, to set forth His impartial love to...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I go, sir. — The tone of outward respect, as contrasted with the rude refusal of the elder son, is eminently characteristic as representing the sur...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 22:1-46 ; Matthew 23:1-39 Chapter 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18-46 - Matthew 22:1-46 - Matthew 23:1-39 IT had been...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Authority Which Silenced and Condemned Matthew 21:23-32 Our Lord always refused to gratify idle curiosity. When an earnest seeker for truth, li...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this cleansing of the Temple for the second time-He had done the same at the outset of His ministry- the Lord revealed His conception of the secre...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority d...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE TWO SONS ‘A certain man had two sons.… Whether of them twain did the will of his Father?’ Matthew 21:28-31 The originals of these two pi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he came to the second ,.... The Scribes and Pharisees, by the ministry of John the Baptist, Christ, and his apostles also: and said likewise ;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go , sir: and went not. Ver. 30. I go, sir ] I, but when, sir? Stultu...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But what think ye As if he had said, You have evaded a direct answer to my question concerning the baptism of John, and have acknowledged your igno...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

It is a moment of most serious significance as the Lord is now about to enter Jerusalem. He is to be publicly presented to Israel, yet in lowly grace...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Parable of the Two Sons. 28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons;...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Exposes the Hypocrisy Of The Religious Leaders By The Parable Of The Two Sons (21:28-32). Jesus now follows up His challenge concerning the...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And he came to the second, and said the same. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir', and went not.” The second son is full of expressions of willin...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 21:23 . The chief priests and the elders. —St. Mark and St. Luke add “the scribes,” thus including representatives of the...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 21:28-30 Promising without Doing. We promise to serve God; we do not perform; and that not from deliberate faithlessness in the particula...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 21:28-31 We must not lose sight of the fact that in this parable both the persons who were addressed were sons. And this is exactly our p...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 21:28-32 The Two Sons. In this parable there are two distinct warnings to two distinct classes, with corresponding encouragements attache...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 21:30 Swift Tongue, Slow Foot. I. The first characteristic of the swift tongue and slow foot is unbelief. "I go, sir." How admirably this...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 21:23 . And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto, him as he was teaching, and said, B...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 21:1 . When they were come to Bethphage. The rabbins dispute about the etymon of this village, whether it mean the “house of the fountain,...
The Biblical Illustrator

A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day. Christian sonship and service I. Christian sonship furnish...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 21:1-40 Triumphal entry into Jerusalem . ( Mark 11:1-41 ; Luke 19:29-42 ; John 12:12-43 .) Matthew 21:1 We have...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Parable of the Two Sons. v. 28. But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 33:31 ; Matthew 23:3 ; Romans 2:17-25 ; Titus 1:16
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He answered, I go, sir: but went not — Just so did the scribes and Pharisees: they professed the greatest readiness and zeal in the service of God:...

³⁰ And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 21:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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