Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.
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Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.
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Agayne he sent other servantes moo then the fyrst: and they served them lyke wyse.
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Againe hee sent other seruants, moe then the first: and they did the like vnto them.
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- Matthew 22:4 Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!” ’
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the…
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
Ver. 36. Again he sent other servants] Oh the infinite goodness and longsuffering of Almighty God! Jonah upbraided him with it most unworthily, in that brawl of his, Jon 4:2. Paul admires it, Rom 9:22, teaching us to improve it to the practice of repentance, Rom 2:4. Ezekiel {Eze 4:4-5} describes it by God’s lying on one side for three hundred and ninety years together, which must needs be very troublesome. We cannot lay for a few hours on one side, but we must turn us. David, for the abuse of his ambassadors, fell very foul on the Ammonites. Rehoboam, for one servant of his slain by the ten tribes, raised a mighty army to chastise them. But God bears with men’s evil manners, though he have power enough in his hand to deal with them at his pleasure.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Again he sent other servants,.... Meaning, perhaps, such as…
Again he sent other servants,.... Meaning, perhaps, such as suffered in the times of the Maccabees:
more than the first; their number was greater, though their office was the same, at least not higher:
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and they did unto them likewise; they beat them with rods, they killed them with the sword, and stoned them, Heb 11:36.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 36. Other servants] There is not a moment…
Verse 36. Other servants] There is not a moment in which God does not shower down his gifts upon men, and require the fruit of them. Various instruments are used to bring sinners to God. There are prophets, apostles, pastors, teachers: some with his gift after this manner, and some after that. The true disciples of Christ have been persecuted in all ages, and the greatest share of the persecution has fallen upon the ministers of his religion; for there have always been good and bad husbandmen, and the latter have persecuted the former.
More than the first] Or, more honourable, so I think πλειονας should be translated; for, as the fulness of the time approached, each prophet more clearly and fully pointed out the coming of Christ.
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Our translation, which says, more than the first, conveys no meaning at all. πλειος is the meaning I have given it above, in Mt 6:25. πλειον της τροφης, of MORE VALUE than food; and in Nu 22:15 πλειους και εντιμοτερους, persons higher in dignity and office.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Again, he sent other servants more than the first;…
Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they did unto them likewise--see Kg2 17:13; Ch2 36:16, Ch2 36:18; Neh 9:26.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (36) Other servants more than the first.—There is, perhaps,…
(36) Other servants more than the first.—There is, perhaps, a reference here to the greater power and fulness of the work of the later prophets, such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, stretching onward to that of the Baptist, as closing the whole line.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Other servants. God"s loving kindness was not wearied out…
Other servants. God"s loving kindness was not wearied out with the husbandmen"s cruelty and violence. Each step of their wickedness and obstinacy was met with renewed mercy, with fresh calls to repentance. More ( pleionav). More in number. In the latter days the number of God"s messengers was much greater than in earlier times; so it is unnecessary to take pleionav in the sense of "more honourable," "of higher dignity," though such interpretation is supported by its use in Mat_6:25 Mar_12:33 Heb_11:4. Likewise. They resisted these new envoys as they had resisted these first sent, treating them with equal cruelty and violence.
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