Luke the beloved physician wrote how Jesus began, “to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out”, and in chapter twenty and verse thirteen of his book Luke shared how Jesus said the owner of the vineyard asks, “what shall I do? I will send my beloved son” where we read:
Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do?
I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
The verse reads, “Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do?” Luke began with the words, “then said” or “at that time uttered, declared and proclaimed” “the lord of the vineyard” which means “the one to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding or master”, “what shall I do” or “what is it that I, the owner of the vineyard, shall make ready, produce or prepare”? Luke shared how Jesus said the “master” of the “vineyard” questioned himself as to what he should “do” since the “vine dressers” beat three of his “servants” and sent them away empty.
The
verse continues, “I
will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him
when they see him.”
Luke
added the words, “I
will send my beloved son”
or “I, the owner of the vineyard, would dismiss, dispatch and send
forth the owner's esteemed, dear, favorite and worthy of love male
offspring”: “it
may be” which
means “perhaps, probably, in like manner and agreeably to
expectation” “they
will reverence him”
or “the tillers of the field or vine dressers will respect and
regard the owner's son” “when
they see him”
which means “at the time and moment the vine dressers notice,
discern and discover the owner's son”. Luke shared how Jesus said
the owner decided he should “send”
his
“much loved” son to his field because he thought the vine
dressers would “respect and regard” him.
When we consider Luke's words in this verse, we learn how the “master” of the vineyard stepped up his dispatching when he sent his own “beloved son” to his field. This is much like God the Father who initially sent prophet after prophet to teach people to believe and trust in Him, however, they mistreated and killed many of God's prophets. Finally, God sent His Son Jesus who “went about doing good” and “taught the gospel of the Kingdom”, but people refused and rejected Him rather than revering Him as God desired. God wants to have a personal relationship with every person through His Son Jesus, and only when they believe and trust in Him as their “Savior and Lord” will they truly know the intention and reverence He so deserves.
Next time Luke shares,, “when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow…there is more…
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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