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Text -- Luke 20:1-14 (NET)
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The Authority of Jesus
20:1 Now one day , as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel , the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up
20:2 and said to him , “Tell us : By what authority are you doing these things ? Or who it is who gave you this authority ?”
20:3 He answered answered them , “I will also ask you a question , and you tell me :
20:4 John’s baptism – was it from heaven or from people ?”
20:5 So they discussed it with one another , saying , “If we say , ‘From heaven ,’ he will say , ‘Why did you not believe him ?’
20:6 But if we say , ‘From people ,’ all the people will stone us , because they are convinced that John was a prophet .”
20:7 So they replied that they did not know where it came from.
20:8 Then Jesus said to them , “Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things .”
The Parable of the Tenants
20:9 Then he began to tell the people this parable : “A man planted a vineyard , leased it to tenant farmers , and went on a journey for a long time .
20:10 When harvest time came , he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop . However , the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed .
20:11 So he sent another slave . They beat this one too , treated him outrageously , and sent him away empty-handed .
20:12 So he sent still a third . They even wounded this one , and threw him out .
20:13 Then the owner of the vineyard said , ‘What should I do ? I will send my one dear son ; perhaps they will respect him.’
20:14 But when the tenants saw him , they said to one another , ‘This is the heir ; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours !’
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Instruction |
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
Land |
Capital and Labor |
Debtor |
God |
Jesus, The Christ |
Lease |
Renting |
Misconduct in Office |
Reproof |
AUTHORITY IN RELIGION |
PUNISHMENTS |
Beloved |
Reasoning |
Quotations and Allusions |
John |
Baptism |
HANDLE |
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NET Notes -> Luk 20:1; Luk 20:1; Luk 20:1; Luk 20:1; Luk 20:1; Luk 20:1; Luk 20:2; Luk 20:2; Luk 20:2; Luk 20:3; Luk 20:4; Luk 20:4; Luk 20:4; Luk 20:5; Luk 20:7; Luk 20:7; Luk 20:8; Luk 20:8; Luk 20:8; Luk 20:9; Luk 20:9; Luk 20:9; Luk 20:9; Luk 20:10; Luk 20:10; Luk 20:10; Luk 20:10; Luk 20:10; Luk 20:11; Luk 20:11; Luk 20:12; Luk 20:13; Luk 20:13; Luk 20:13
NET Notes: Luk 20:1 The chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up. The description is similar to Luke 19:47. The leaders are really watching Jesus ...
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NET Notes: Luk 20:2 The leadership is looking back to acts like the temple cleansing (19:45-48). How could a Galilean preacher do these things?
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NET Notes: Luk 20:3 Grk “answering, he said to them.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.
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NET Notes: Luk 20:5 Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ question.
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NET Notes: Luk 20:7 Very few questions could have so completely revealed the wicked intentions of the religious leaders. Jesus’ question revealed the motivation of ...
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NET Notes: Luk 20:8 On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ. This is exactly the same phrase as in v. 2.
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NET Notes: Luk 20:10 The image of the tenants beating up the owner’s slave pictures the nation’s rejection of the prophets and their message.
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NET Notes: Luk 20:11 The slaves being sent empty-handed suggests that the vineyard was not producing any fruit – and thus neither was the nation of Israel.
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NET Notes: Luk 20:12 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the tenants’ mistreatment of the first t...
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