But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
`And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;
And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son.
Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
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John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
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Isaiah 5:4What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
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Zephaniah 3:7I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their…
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They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
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But when He says, They will reverence my Son, He does not speak as in ignorance. For what is there that this householder (by whom in this place God is intended) knows not? But God is thus spoken of as being uncertain, in order that free-will may be reserved for man. Let us enquire of Arrius and Eunomius. See here the Father is said not to know somewhat. Whatever answer they make for the Father, let them understand the same of the Son, when He says that He knows not the day of the consummation of all things. (Mat. 22:36.)
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420patristic
But last of all,.... In the last times, in the last days, in the end of the world, the Jewish world, at the close of their ecclesiastic and civil state; after all the prophets had been sent, and finished their course, came the greatest prophet of all, to seal up the vision and prophecy: he sent unto them son; not a servant as before, but a son; his own son, his only begotten son, the son of his love, his dearly beloved one; him he sent to these husbandmen the Jews.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Last of all he sent - his son - This requires no comment. Our Lord plainly means himself. They will reverence - Εντραπησονται, they will reflect upon their conduct and blush for shame because of it, when they see my son. So the Syric and Persic.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
But in this public appearance, 1. The preparation was sudden and offhand. For his glory in the other world, and ours with him, preparation was made before the foundation of the world, for that was the glory his heart was upon; his glory in this world he was dead to, and therefore, though he had it in prospect, did not forecast for it, but took what came next.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
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The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’
Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
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