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. 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”, and in chapter twenty and verse fourteen of his book Luke shared, “when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves” where we read:
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.
The verse reads, “But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ...” Luke began with the words, “but when” or “however, nonetheless, notwithstanding and moreover at the time and moment” “the husbandmen saw him” which means “the tillers of the field or vine dressers observed, noticed and discerned the beloved son of the vineyard master”, “they reasoned among themselves” or “the vine dressers deliberated and resolved in their own minds”, “saying” which means “uttering, declaring and proclaiming” the following words. Luke shared how Jesus said at the time the “vine dressers” of the vineyard noticed the “son” of their “master” they thought and said the following words.
The verse goes on to say, “This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.” Luke continued with the words, “This is the heir” or “this son of the master is the one who receives his allotted possession by right of sonship”: “come” which means “arise, approach and come here”, “let us kill him” or “allow and permit us, the vine dressers, to destroy, extinguish, abolish, slay and put to death the beloved son”, “that the inheritance may be ours” which means “so the property received and possessions will become the property the vine dressers”. Luke shared how Jesus said the “vine dressers” would discover the “beloved son” and decide to “destroy him” so the “possessions of his inheritance” would be their own.
When we meditate upon Luke's words in this verse, we learn how the “tillers of the field” recognized the “beloved son” sent by the “master” of the field. They knew he would “inherit” all the possessions of the field from the master, and if they were to “kill” him, no one would be left to inherit the “vineyard”. God's field is the world, and He sent His Beloved Son Jesus to “save” people from their sins. Even though Jesus came to be the “Savior”, people rejected Him and put Him to death on the cross. Those who carefully examine Jesus' parable will find that He was speaking about God's desire to have a relationship with them, and they will be wise to yield their lives to the One who came and was mistreated and died so they might have everlasting life with God.
Next time Luke shares how the husbandmen, “cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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