Luke 20:12

12 And he proceeded to send a third, but they wounded [and] threw out this one also.

Luke 20:12 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:12

And again he sent the third
Perhaps after the return of the Jews from captivity, and between that time and the coming of Christ, in which interval many good men were used in a very inhuman manner, ( Hebrews 11:37 Hebrews 11:38 )

and they wounded him also;
by casting stones at him; see ( Mark 12:4 )

and cast him out;
of the vineyard.

Luke 20:12 In-Context

10 And at the proper time he sent a slave to the tenant farmers, so that they would give him [some] of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenant farmers sent him away empty-handed [after] beating [him].

11 And he proceeded to send another slave, but they beat and dishonored that one also, [and] sent [him] away empty-handed.

12 And he proceeded to send a third, but they wounded [and] threw out this one also.

13 So the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

14 But [when] the tenant farmers saw him, they began to reason with one another, saying, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance will become ours!'

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("wounded") has been translated as a finite verb