He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    More over he sent the thyrde to and him they wouded and cast out.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    Moreouer he sent the third, and him they wounded, and cast out.

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But when the husbandmen saw him,.... In human nature,…

But when the husbandmen saw him,.... In human nature, heard him preach, and observed the miracles done by him:

they reasoned among themselves; as the Scribes and Pharisees, and elders of the people often did:

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saying, this is the heir; the heir of God, being his Son; and so the Ethiopic version; "this Son is his heir", or the heir of the vineyard; being, by appointment, heir of all things, and by his descent from David heir to the kingdom of Israel;

come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. The Arabic and Persic versions render it, "and his inheritance shall be ours": the nation, city, temple, and all the emoluments and benefits thereof. The word "come" is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Gothic and Vulgate Latin versions.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. cast him out] On this treatment of God’s…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) They wounded him also.—The verb is peculiar to…
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