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**it came to pass** . AHebraism. See note on [Luke 2:1](../../../kjv/luke/2/1) .
**on** . Greek. *en.* App-104 .
**those days** . Those last six days. See App-156 .
**taught** = was teaching.
**in.** Greek. *en.* App-104 . the temple = the temple courts. See note on [Matthew 23:16](../../../kjv/matthew/23/16) .
**preached the gospel** = announced the glad tidings. Greek. *euaggelizo.* App-121 . Almost peculiar to Luke and Paul. Luke uses it twenty-five times and Paul twenty-four.
**came upon** . Implying suddenness and hostility. See [Acts 4:1](../../../kjv/acts/4/1) ; [Acts 6:12](../../../kjv/acts/6/12) ; [Acts 23:27](../../../kjv/acts/23/27) . Compare [Mark 11:27](../../../kjv/mark/11/27) .
**with** , Greek. *sun.* App-104 . Not as in [Luke 20:5](../../../kjv/luke/20/5) .

**unto.** Greek. *pro&* App-104 .
**by.** Greek. *en.* App-104 .
**what** = what kind of; i.e. as Priest, Scribe, Prophet, Rabbi or what?
**authority,** Greek. *exousia.* App-172 .[Luke 20:2](../../../kjv/luke/20/2); [Luke 20:2](../../../kjv/luke/20/2) in *religious* matters; [Luke 20:22](../../../kjv/luke/20/22) in *civil* matters; [Luke 20:33](../../../kjv/luke/20/33) in *domestic* matters.

**I will also** = I also will.
**thing** : or question. Greek. *logos* = word. See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .

**baptism.** App-115 .
**from** . Greek. *ek.* App-104 .
**heaven** . Singular. See note on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .
**of** = from, as above. men. Greek. *anthropos.* App-123 .

**reasoned** . Greek. *sullogizomai.* Occurs only here. It implies close deliberation with one another.
**with** = among. Greek *pros.* App-104 .
**If,** &c. Expresses a contingency. App-118 .
**believed** . App-150 .
**not.** Greek. *ou.* App-105 . As in verses: [Luke 20:26](../../../kjv/luke/20/26) , [Luke 20:38](../../../kjv/luke/20/38) ; not as in [Luke 20:7](../../../kjv/luke/20/7) .

**will stone us** = will stone us to death. Greek. *katalithazo.* Occurs only here.
**they be persuaded** = it [the people] has been firmly convinced. Implying long settled conviction. Greek. *peitho.* App-150 .

**could not tell** = did not know. App-132 .
**not** . Greek. *me.* App-105 .

**Jesus** . App-98 . Neither. Greek. *oude.*

**Then began,** &c. See [Matthew 21:34](../../../kjv/matthew/21/34) , [Matthew 21:46](../../../kjv/matthew/21/46) and [Mark 12:1-12](../../../kjv/mark/12/1-12) . See notes there.
**to** . Greek. *pros.* App-104 .
**the people** . But still in the hearing of the rulers.
**vineyard** . See [Isaiah 5:1-7](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/1-7) . [Jeremiah 2:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/21) .[Ezekiel 15:1-6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/15/1-6) .
**let it forth** . See note on [Matthew 21:33](../../../kjv/matthew/21/33) .
**husbandmen** : i.e. Israel.
**went . . . far country** = left the country. See note on [Matthew 21:33](../../../kjv/matthew/21/33) .

**at.** Greek. *en;* but all the texts omit.
**servant** = bond-servant.
**of** = from. Greek. *apo.* App-104 .
**beat.** This is supplementary, not contradictory to Matthew and Mark.

**again he sent** = he sent yet. Greek. "added to send". A Hebraism ([Luke 19:11](../../../kjv/luke/19/11) .[Acts 12:3](../../../kjv/acts/12/3) . Compare [Genesis 4:2](../../../kjv/genesis/4/2) ).
**another** = a different. Greek. *heteros.* App-124 .:12 a. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "the".

**wounded** . Greek. *traumatizo.* Occurs only here and [Acts 19:16](../../../kjv/acts/19/16) . Compare [Luke 10:34](../../../kjv/luke/10/34) .
**cast him out.** See [Luke 13:33](../../../kjv/luke/13/33) , [Luke 13:34](../../../kjv/luke/13/34) and [Nehemiah 9:26](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/26) . [1 Kings 22:24-27](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/24-27) . [2 Chronicles 24:19-22](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/24/19-22) .[Acts 7:52](../../../kjv/acts/7/52) . [1 Thessalonians 2:18](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/2/18) . [Hebrews 11:36](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/36) , [Hebrews 11:37](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/37) .

**the lord.** Greek. ho *Kurios.* App-98 . A.
**What shall I do?** Compare [Genesis 1:26](../../../kjv/genesis/1/26) ; [Genesis 6:7](../../../kjv/genesis/6/7) .
**beloved** . Greek. *agapetos.* App-135 .
**it may be** = surely. Greek. *isos.* Occurs only here; and only once in O.T. where it is Septuagint for Hebrew. *'ak* ([1 Samuel 25:21](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/21) ).
**reverence.** See note on [Matthew 21:37](../../../kjv/matthew/21/37) . see. App-133 .

**reasoned.** Not the same word as in [Luke 20:5](../../../kjv/luke/20/5) . among. Same as "with"([Luke 20:5](../../../kjv/luke/20/5) ).
**be** = become.

**out of** = outside. Compare [Hebrews 13:12](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/12) , [Hebrews 13:13](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/13) . Joh 19:27 .

**He shall come** = [Some answered] he, &c. Compare [Matthew 21:41](../../../kjv/matthew/21/41) .
**others** = others (of the same kind); i.e. a new Israel, not a different Gentile nation, which would be *heteros.* App-124 .
**they said** : i.e. others who heard it said.
**God forbid** = May it never be! Greek. *me genoito.* Hebrew. *chalilah = the* opposite of "Amen "([Genesis 44:7](../../../kjv/genesis/44/7) , [Genesis 44:17](../../../kjv/genesis/44/17) . [Joshua 22:29](../../../kjv/joshua/22/29) ). Occurs only here in the Gospels, but ten times in Romans.

**beheld** = looked fixedly. Greek *emblepo.* App-133 .
**is written** = has been written. See App-143 .
**The stone** , &c. Quoted from [Psalms 118:22](../../../kjv/psalms/118/22) . Compare [Luke 19:38](../../../kjv/luke/19/38) .
**become** = become into. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .

**broken** = broken to pieces.
**grind him to powder** . See note on [Matthew 21:44](../../../kjv/matthew/21/44) .

**And,** &c. Compare [Matthew 22:15-22](../../../kjv/matthew/22/15-22) .[Mark 12:13-17](../../../kjv/mark/12/13-17) .
**the same** = in (Greek. *en.* App-104 .) the same. See App-156 .
**on** . Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**perceived** = got to know. Greek. *ginosko.* App-132 . Not the same as in [Luke 20:23](../../../kjv/luke/20/23) .
**against.** Greek. *pros.* App-134 .
**against them** . Compare [Jeremiah 18:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/18/18) .

**watched.** See on [Luke 17:20](../../../kjv/luke/17/20) . Compare [Luke 6:7](../../../kjv/luke/6/7) ; [Luke 14:1](../../../kjv/luke/14/1) ; [Mark 3:2](../../../kjv/mark/3/2) .
**spies** = secret agents. Greek *enkathetos =* Hers in wait. [Joshua 8:14](../../../kjv/joshua/8/14) .[Job 31:9](../../../kjv/job/31/9) . Occurs only here in N.T.
**feign** . Greek. *hupokrinomai.* App-122 . Occurs only here in N.T.
**just** = righteous: i.e., here, honest.
**words** = discourse. Greek. Plural of *logos.* See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .
**that so** = to (Greek. *eis.* App-101 .) the end that.
**power** = rule. The Roman power. Greek. *arche.* App-172 .
**the governor** . Pilate. He alone had the rule as to life and death. So that it was the Lord's life they had in view.

**asked** = questioned.
**Master** = Teacher. Greek. *didaskalos.* App-98 . [Luke 20:1](../../../kjv/luke/20/1) .
**we know.** Greek. *oida.* App-132 .
**neither.** Greek. *ou* . App-105 .
**acceptest.** See [Galatians 1:2](../../../kjv/galatians/1/2) , [Galatians 1:6](../../../kjv/galatians/1/6) . [James 2:1](../../../kjv/james/2/1) . It is a Hebraism. See [Leviticus 19:15](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/15) .[Malachi 1:8](../../../kjv/malachi/1/8) .
**God.** Greek. *theos.* App-98 .
**truly** = with (Greek. *epi.* App-104 .) truth.

**tribute** . Greek. *phoros* = anything brought. Here the poll-tax, which was disputed by scrupulous legalists. Only here, [Luke 23:2](../../../kjv/luke/23/2) , and [Romans 13:6](../../../kjv/romans/13/6) , [Romans 13:7](../../../kjv/romans/13/7) .
**no.** Greek. *ou.* App-105 .

**perceived** = discerned. Greek. *katanoeo.* Not the same word as in [Luke 20:19](../../../kjv/luke/20/19) .
**craftiness** = cunning. Greek. *panourgia.* Used only by Luke (here), and Paul ([1 Corinthians 3:19](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/3/19) . [2 Corinthians 4:2](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/4/2) ; [2 Corinthians 11:3](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/11/3) .[Ephesians 4:14](../../../kjv/ephesians/4/14); [Ephesians 4:14](../../../kjv/ephesians/4/14) ).

**Shew** = Exhibit. Not the same word as in [Luke 20:37](../../../kjv/luke/20/37) .
**penny** . Greek. *denarius.* App-51 .
**Whose image** , &c. ? See note on [Matthew 22:20](../../../kjv/matthew/22/20) .

**words** . Greek. *rhema.* See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) . at. *Greek. epi.* App-194 .

**Then came** , &c. Compare [Matthew 22:23-33](../../../kjv/matthew/22/23-33) .[Mark 12:18-27](../../../kjv/mark/12/18-27) .
**Sadducees** . See App-120 .
**deny . . . resurrection** = say that there is no ( App-105 ) resurrection ( App-178 .) This is the key to what follows.

**Moses** . See note on [Luke 5:14](../../../kjv/luke/5/14) . See [Deuteronomy 23:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/4) .
**without children** (Greek. *ateknos) =* children. Occurs only here and verses: [Luke 20:29](../../../kjv/luke/20/29) , [Luke 20:30](../../../kjv/luke/20/30) . raise up. App-178 .:2. App-108 .

**the woman died also** = the woman also died.

**is** = becomes. to wife = as wife.

**children** = sons. A Hebraism. App-108 .
**world** = age. App-129 . This age as distinguished from the age (or dispensation) that is to come, the age to which resurrection is the door of entrance.
**are given,** &c. Greek. *ekgamiskomai.* Occurs only here and [Luke 20:35](../../../kjv/luke/20/35) .

**obtain** = attain to.
**the dead** = dead people: i.e. leaving them for a subsequent resurrection. No Art. See App-139 .

**Neither,** &c. For neither. Greek. *outs.* No more births, marriages, or deaths. [1 Corinthians 15:52](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/52) .[Revelation 21:4](../../../kjv/revelation/21/4) .
**equal unto the angels.** Greek *isangelloi.* Occurs only here.

**Now** = But. the dead = corpses. See App-139 . are raised Greek. *egeiro.* App-178 .
**Moses shewed** . Moses cited because his testimony
**was in** question ([Luke 20:28](../../../kjv/luke/20/28) ).
**shewed** = disclosed. Greek. *menuo,* originally to disclose something before unknown. Occurs only here, [John 11:57](../../../kjv/john/11/57) . Act 23:30 . [1 Corinthians 10:28](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/10/28) .
**at the bush** = [in the Scripture) on (Greek. *epi.* App-104 .) Referring to one of the Sections known by that name. See on [2 Samuel 1:18](../../../kjv/2-samuel/1/18) , "the Bow"; Ezek.
1, "the Chariot". Compare [Romans 11:2](../../../kjv/romans/11/2) , "Elijah". Quoted from [Exodus 3:6](../../../kjv/exodus/3/6) .
**the LORD** = Jehovah. See App-98 . B. b.
**and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ), for emphasis.

**the dead** = dead [people], as in [Luke 20:35](../../../kjv/luke/20/35) . App-139 .
**the living** = living [people].
**live** . In resurrection. See note on [Matthew 9:8](../../../kjv/matthew/9/8) .
**unto** = by. The Dative of the Agent, as in [Luke 5:21](../../../kjv/luke/5/21) , "by them"; [2 Corinthians 12:20](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/12/20) , "by you"; [Romans 10:20](../../../kjv/romans/10/20) , "of (= by) them"; [2 Peter 3:14](../../../kjv/2-peter/3/14) , "of (= by) Him"; [1 Timothy 3:16](../../../kjv/1-timothy/3/16) , "of (= by) angels".

**not** = not any more. Greek. *ouketi.* Compound of *ou,* App-105 .

**And He said,** &c. Compare [Matthew 22:41-46](../../../kjv/matthew/22/41-46) , and [Mark 12:35-37](../../../kjv/mark/12/35-37) .
**Christ** = the Messiah. App-98 .
**David's son** . See App-98 .

**David himself saith** , &c. Considering that theLord spoke only what the Father gave Him to speak ([Deuteronomy 18:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/18) , [Deuteronomy 18:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/19) . [John 7:16](../../../kjv/john/7/16) ; [John 8:28](../../../kjv/john/8/28) ; [John 12:49](../../../kjv/john/12/49) ; [John 14:10](../../../kjv/john/14/10) , [John 14:24](../../../kjv/john/14/24) ; [John 17:8](../../../kjv/john/17/8) , [John 17:14](../../../kjv/john/17/14) ), it is perilously near blasphemyfor a modern critic to say: "nothing can be more mischievous . . . or more irreverent than to drag in the name of our Lord to support a particular view of Biblical criticism. "TheLord's name is not "dragged in". It is He Who is speaking. It is He Who declares in the name of Jehovahthat "David himself wrote these words "in. the bookof Psalms". It is the denial of this that must "undermine faith in Christ". the book, &c. Quoted from [Psalms 110:1](../../../kjv/psalms/110/1) .
**The LORD** = Jehovah. App-98 .
**Lord** = Hebrew Adonai. App-98 . on. Greek. *ek.* App-104 .

**make** = set.
**Thy footstool** = as a footstool for Thy feet. See note on [Matthew 22:44](../../../kjv/matthew/22/44) .

**David therefore calleth Him Lord.** According to the modern critics it was not David but some one else!
**Lord** . App-98 .

**in the audience of all the people** = as all the people were listening.

**Beware** = Beware [and keep] from, &c.
**desire.** Greek. *tltelo.* App-102 .
**greetings** = salutations. Compare [Luke 11:43](../../../kjv/luke/11/43) . See note on [Matthew 23:7](../../../kjv/matthew/23/7) .
**the highest** = first, front, or chief.
**synagogues** . App-120 .
**chief rooms** = best seats, or couches. See [Luke 14:7](../../../kjv/luke/14/7) .
**at** = in. Greek. *en.* App-104 .

**devour** = swallow up.
**show** = pretext.
**damnation** = judgment, or condemnation. App-177 . Compare [Luke 10:14](../../../kjv/luke/10/14) .

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