Matthew 21:35
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew 21:35 in other translations
| BSB | But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. |
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| WEB | The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. |
| ASV | And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. |
| YLT | and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned. |
| DARBY | And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. |
| BBE | And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another. |
| Webster | And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. |
What does Matthew 21:35 mean?
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Barnes' Notes
And killed another. Isaiah is said to have been put to death by sawing him asunder. See Lk 13:34, Heb 11:37, 1Sam 22:18, 1Kgs 19:10.
And stoned another. This was, among the Jews, a common way of punishment, De 13:10, 17:7, Josh 7:26. Especially was this the case in times of popular tumult, and of sudden indignation among the people, Acts 7:58, 14:19, Jn 8:59, 10:31. This does not imply of necessity that those who were stoned died, but they might be only severely wounded. Mark says, "At him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away," etc.
There is a little variation in the circumstances, as mentioned by Matthew, and by Mark and Luke; but the substance is the same. Mark and Luke are more particular, and state the order in which the servants were sent one after another. They all denote the dealing of the people of Israel towards the prophets. All these things had been done to them. See Heb 11:37, Jer 44:4,5,6, 2Chr 36:16, Neh 9:26; 2Chr 24:20,21.
(x) "And the husbandman" 2Chr 36:16, Neh 9:26, Jer 25:3-7, Mt 5:12 Mt 23:34-37, Acts 7:52, 1Thes 2:15, Heb 11:36,37 Rev 6:9
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 21:33-46
This parable plainly sets forth the sin and ruin of the Jewish nation; and what is spoken to convict them, is spoken to caution all that enjoy the privileges of the outward church. As men treat God's people, they would treat Christ himself, if he were with them. How can we, if faithful to his cause, expect a favourable reception from a wicked world, or from ungodly professors of Christianity! And let us ask…
Matthew 21:35 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 21:35
- 2 Chronicles 36:15-16
And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
- Hebrews 11:36-37
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
- Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
- Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
- Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
- Matthew 23:31-37
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: …
- Revelation 6:9
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
- Luke 13:33-34
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
- Jeremiah 26:21-24
And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
- 1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
- 1 Kings 18:4
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
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Context
- Matthew 21:34
And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
- Matthew 21:35
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
- Matthew 21:36
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
Matthew 21:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas los labradores, tomando á los siervos, al uno hirieron, y al otro mataron, y al otro apedrearon. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les cultivateurs, ayant pris ses esclaves, battirent l’un, tuèrent l’autre, et en lapidèrent un autre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Weingärtner nahmen seine Knechte, einen schlugen sie, einen anderen töteten sie, einen anderen steinigten sie. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et agricolæ, apprehensis servis ejus, alium ceciderunt, alium occiderunt, alium vero lapidaverunt. |