Matthew 21 · Verse 45

Matthew 21:45

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
Matthew 21:45, King James Version

Matthew 21:45 in other translations

BSBWhen the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.
WEBWhen the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
ASVAnd when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
YLTAnd the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,
DARBYAnd the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.
BBEAnd when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.
WebsterAnd when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.

What does Matthew 21:45 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
45. And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables--referring to that of the Two Sons and this one of the Wicked Husbandmen. they perceived that he spake of them.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 45. They at last perceived that he spoke of them, and would have gratified their malice at once, but they feared the people.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 45 The chief priests - perceived that he spoke of them - The most wholesome advice passes for an affront with those who have shut their hearts against the truth. When that which should lead to repentance only kindles the flame of malice and revenge, there is but little hope of the salvation of such persons.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Matthew 21:45 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
ἀκούσαντεςakousanteshaving heardG191
οἱhoitheG3588
ἀρχιερεῖςarchiereischief priestsG749
καὶkaiandG2532
οἱhoitheG3588
ΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioiPhariseesG5330
τὰςtastheG3588
παραβολὰςparabolasparablesG3850
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846
ἔγνωσανegnōsanthey knewG1097
ὅτιhotithatG3754
περὶperiaboutG4012
αὐτῶνautōnthemG846
λέγει.legeiHe speaks.G3004

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 21:45

  • Luke 20:19

    And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

  • Luke 11:45

    Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

  • Matthew 12:12

    How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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12:12; Lu 11:45; 20:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Matthew 21:44

    And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

  • Matthew 21:45

    And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

  • Matthew 21:46

    But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

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Matthew 21:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y oyendo los príncipes de los sacerdotes y los Fariseos sus parábolas, entendieron que hablaba de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les principaux sacrificateurs et les pharisiens, ayant entendu ses paraboles, connurent qu’il parlait d’eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und als die Hohenpriester und die Pharisäer seine Gleichnisse gehört hatten, erkannten sie, daß er von ihnen rede.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et cum audissent principes sacerdotum et pharisæi parabolas ejus, cognoverunt quod de ipsis diceret.