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And they did the same to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/matthew/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/21.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/matthew/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/matthew/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/matthew/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they did the same things to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/matthew/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/matthew/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/matthew/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/matthew/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants, more than the first time; and they treated them the same way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/matthew/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, and they did the same to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first group, and they did the same to them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them in like manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/matthew/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He then sent more servants than he did the first time. But the renters treated them in the same way. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them in like manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/matthew/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So the landowner sent more servants. But the workers treated them the same way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/matthew/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Again the man sent other slaves, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/matthew/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/matthew/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/matthew/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/matthew/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants more than the first: and they did to them in like manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/21.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Again he sent another party of servants more numerous than the first; and these they treated in the same manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/matthew/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/21.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/matthew/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did to them likewise.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants more than the former; and they did to them in like manner. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/matthew/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Again, he sent other servants, more than before; and they treated them similarly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/matthew/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants, many more than the first; and they did likewise to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/21.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“And he sent again more servants than the first time, and they did the same to them.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/matthew/21.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them in like manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/matthew/21.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>Again he sent other servants, more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/matthew/21.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they treated them in the same manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/matthew/21.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />then he sent a greater number of servants, than at first: who met with the same treatment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/21.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Again he sent another party of servants more numerous than the first; and these they treated in the same manner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/matthew/21.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>Again he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them likewise.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/matthew/21.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><i>And</i><FR> he sent again other servants more than the first: and they did the like to them.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/21-36.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=6271" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/matthew/21.htm">The Parable of the Wicked Tenants</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">35</span>But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. <span class="reftext">36</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3825.htm" title="3825: Palin (Adv) -- Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand.">Again,</a> <a href="/greek/649.htm" title="649: apesteilen (V-AIA-3S) -- From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.">he sent</a> <a href="/greek/243.htm" title="243: allous (Adj-AMP) -- Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; else, i.e. Different.">other</a> <a href="/greek/1401.htm" title="1401: doulous (N-AMP) -- (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.">servants,</a> <a href="/greek/4119.htm" title="4119: pleionas (Adj-AMP-C) -- Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.">more</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">than the</a> <a href="/greek/4413.htm" title="4413: prōtōn (Adj-GMP) -- First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.">first group.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">But</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: epoiēsan (V-AIA-3P) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">the tenants did</a> <a href="/greek/5615.htm" title="5615: hōsautōs (Adv) -- In like manner, likewise, just so. From hos and an adverb from autos; as thus, i.e. In the same way.">the same</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">to them.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">37</span>Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-4.htm">Mark 12:4-5</a></span><br />Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully. / He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-11.htm">Luke 20:11-12</a></span><br />So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed. / Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Hebrews 11:36-38</a></span><br />Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. / They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. / The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a></span><br />Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a></span><br />Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm">Jeremiah 7:25-26</a></span><br />From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Jeremiah 25:4</a></span><br />And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-15.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:15</a></span><br />who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34-37</a></span><br />Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. / And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. / Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-47.htm">Luke 11:47-51</a></span><br />Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. / So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. / Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a></span><br />Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-19.htm">2 Chronicles 24:19-21</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them, but they would not listen. / Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’” / But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a></span><br />I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/2-3.htm">Ezekiel 2:3-5</a></span><br />“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. / They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ / And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did to them likewise.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/21-34.htm">Bondmen</a> <a href="/matthew/21-31.htm">First</a> <a href="/matthew/20-8.htm">Group</a> <a href="/matthew/21-30.htm">Likewise</a> <a href="/matthew/21-30.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-8.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/matthew/15-1.htm">Party</a> <a href="/matthew/21-35.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/matthew/21-35.htm">Slaves</a> <a href="/matthew/21-35.htm">Tenants</a> <a href="/matthew/21-34.htm">Time</a> <a href="/matthew/17-12.htm">Treated</a> <a href="/matthew/21-32.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/22-3.htm">Bondmen</a> <a href="/matthew/22-25.htm">First</a> <a href="/luke/9-14.htm">Group</a> <a href="/matthew/22-26.htm">Likewise</a> <a href="/matthew/22-26.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/luke/11-53.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/matthew/22-23.htm">Party</a> <a href="/matthew/22-3.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/matthew/22-3.htm">Slaves</a> <a href="/matthew/21-38.htm">Tenants</a> <a href="/matthew/22-24.htm">Time</a> <a href="/matthew/22-6.htm">Treated</a> <a href="/matthew/21-46.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-1.htm">Jesus rides into Jerusalem upon a donkey</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-17.htm">curses the fig tree;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-23.htm">puts to silence the priests and elders,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-28.htm">and rebukes them by the parable of the two sons,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">and the husbandmen who slew such as were sent to them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group.</b><br>This phrase indicates the persistence and patience of the landowner, symbolizing God's continued outreach to His people. The sending of more servants represents the prophets sent by God throughout Israel's history, as seen in the Old Testament. Prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel were sent to call Israel back to faithfulness. The increase in the number of servants highlights God's abundant grace and mercy, despite Israel's repeated disobedience. This action reflects God's desire for repentance and reconciliation, as seen in <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a>, where God persistently sent messengers to His people.<p><b>But the tenants did the same to them.</b><br>The tenants' repeated mistreatment of the servants symbolizes Israel's historical rejection and persecution of the prophets. This behavior is a reflection of the hard-heartedness and rebellion of the people, as seen in passages like <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26</a> and <a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a>, where the prophets were often met with hostility. The tenants' actions foreshadow the ultimate rejection of Jesus Christ, the Son, by the religious leaders of His time. This rejection is a fulfillment of the prophecy found in <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a>, where the Messiah is described as being despised and rejected by men. The tenants' consistent behavior underscores the theme of human resistance to divine authority and the tragic consequences of rejecting God's messengers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_landowner.htm">The Landowner</a></b><br>Represents God, who owns the vineyard and sends His servants to collect the fruit.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_servants.htm">The Servants</a></b><br>Symbolize the prophets sent by God to the people of Israel, calling them to repentance and righteousness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tenants.htm">The Tenants</a></b><br>Represent the religious leaders of Israel who reject and mistreat the prophets.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_vineyard.htm">The Vineyard</a></b><br>Symbolizes the kingdom of God or Israel, entrusted to the tenants to cultivate and produce fruit.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sending_of_more_servants.htm">The Sending of More Servants</a></b><br>Indicates God's persistent and patient efforts to reach His people despite their repeated rejections.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_persistence.htm">God's Patience and Persistence</a></b><br>God continually reaches out to His people, even when they reject Him. This teaches us about His enduring patience and love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rejection_of_god's_messengers.htm">Rejection of God's Messengers</a></b><br>The parable warns against the rejection of those who bring God's message. We should be open to hearing and heeding God's word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/accountability_and_stewardship.htm">Accountability and Stewardship</a></b><br>The tenants were entrusted with the vineyard but failed in their responsibility. We are called to be faithful stewards of what God has given us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_rejection.htm">The Consequences of Rejection</a></b><br>The parable foreshadows the judgment that comes from rejecting God's messengers and ultimately His Son.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_produce_fruit.htm">The Call to Produce Fruit</a></b><br>Just as the tenants were expected to produce fruit, we are called to bear spiritual fruit in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_hanbali_islam.htm">What parables did Jesus teach in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_jesus'_parables_teach.htm">What lessons do Jesus' parables teach us?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_snake_handling.htm">What does the Bible say about handling snakes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_biblical_prophets.htm">Who were the biblical prophets?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(36) Other servants more than the first.--There is, perhaps, a reference here to the greater power and fulness of the work of the later prophets, such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, stretching onward to that of the Baptist, as closing the whole line.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 36.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Other servants.</span> God's loving kindness was not wearied out with the husbandmen's cruelty and violence. Each step of their wickedness and obstinacy was met with renewed mercy, with fresh calls to repentance. <span class="cmt_word">More</span> (<span class="greek">πλείονας</span>). More in number. In the latter days the number of God's messengers was much greater than in earlier times; so it is unnecessary to take <span class="greek">πλείονας</span> in the sense of "more honourable," "of higher dignity," though such interpretation is supported by its use in <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Matthew 6:25</a>; <a href="/mark/12-33.htm">Mark 12:33</a>; <a href="/hebrews/11-4.htm">Hebrews 11:4</a>. <span class="cmt_word">Likewise</span>. They resisted these new envoys as they had resisted these first sent, treating them with equal cruelty and violence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/matthew/21-36.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Again,</span><br /><span class="grk">Πάλιν</span> <span class="translit">(Palin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3825.htm">Strong's 3825: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he sent</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀπέστειλεν</span> <span class="translit">(apesteilen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_649.htm">Strong's 649: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">other</span><br /><span class="grk">ἄλλους</span> <span class="translit">(allous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_243.htm">Strong's 243: </a> </span><span class="str2">Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">servants,</span><br /><span class="grk">δούλους</span> <span class="translit">(doulous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1401.htm">Strong's 1401: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">more</span><br /><span class="grk">πλείονας</span> <span class="translit">(pleionas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural - Comparative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4119.htm">Strong's 4119: </a> </span><span class="str2">Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">than the</span><br /><span class="grk">τῶν</span> <span class="translit">(tōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">first [group].</span><br /><span class="grk">πρώτων</span> <span class="translit">(prōtōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4413.htm">Strong's 4413: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">But</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the tenants] did</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐποίησαν</span> <span class="translit">(epoiēsan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the same</span><br /><span class="grk">ὡσαύτως</span> <span class="translit">(hōsautōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5615.htm">Strong's 5615: </a> </span><span class="str2">In like manner, likewise, just so. From hos and an adverb from autos; as thus, i.e. In the same way.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to them.</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτοῖς</span> <span class="translit">(autois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. 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