Luke 20

     20:1-8.  See notes at Mt.21:23-32.

     20:9-19.  It is the nature of certain ungrateful tenants to begin to view the property as rightfully theirs, especially when the Lord of it tarries a long time.  In this case, the property is the “vineyard” of Israel (cf. Is.5:1-7).  The scribes and the chief priests understood very well what the parable meant.  They did not seem so disturbed at the suggestion that they were thieves and murderers as they were that the property would be given to others (16, 19), people like Zaccheus (19:1-10), or the leprous Samaritan (17:16-18), or perhaps even the Gentile nations.  They understood that Ps.118:22 spoke of David, the Lord’s anointed king, and prophetically of his greater Son (17).  Those who fall upon this corner stone will find that it is quite indestructible, especially in that day when it falls upon them (18).  See 1 Pet.2:4ff.

     20:20-26.  “…the rule and authority of the governor,” (20).  They hated the Roman governor, but gladly enough recognized his authority if they could use it to murder the Son of the Lord of the vineyard, whose authority they rejected (2, 14; cf. 19:14).

     20:27-40.  See notes at Mt. 22:30,32.

     20:41-47.  See notes at Mt. 22:41-46.