Matthew 21:40
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Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”
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When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh--This represents "the settling time," which, in the case of the Jewish ecclesiastics, was that judicial trial of the nation and its leaders which issued in the destruction of their whole state. what will he do unto those husbandmen?
Open source ↗21:40 When the owner of the vineyard returns refers to the Lord’s coming in judgment (see 16:27; 24:1-36).
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How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.