Bible Strands
Matthew 21:39
So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the chief priests and elders, narrating the precise moment the vineyard tenants seize the owner’s son and cast him out to kill him.
The words — λαβόντες (labontes) means “having taken,” and ἐξέβαλον (exebalon) means “they cast out,” describing the tenants’ deliberate physical removal of the son from the vineyard.
The thread — This sequence of seizure, expulsion, and murder parallels the arrest and execution accounts in Matthew 26:57, Luke 22:52, and Acts 2:23.
Why it lands — The text records the tenants’ physical removal and murder of the son, which interpreters identify as a direct forecast of Jesus’ historical execution by religious authorities.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
Cross-references
- Acts 2:23 He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
- Matthew 26:57 Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.
- Luke 22:52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?
- John 18:12 Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.
- Acts 3:14 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
- Acts 4:25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Acts 7:52 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—
- James 5:6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
- Matthew 26:50 “Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus, and arrested Him.
- Mark 14:46 Then the men seized Jesus and arrested Him.