John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:17
And he beheld them ,.... Looked very earnestly and wistly at them, speaking as it were by his looks, signifying, that verily so it would be, as he had said; that they would reject the Messiah, and put him to death, and bring utter ruin upon themselves, and deprive their posterity of many advantages and privileges: and said, what is this then that is written ; that is, what else is the meaning of such a Scripture? is not the sense of that perfectly agreeable to what has been said, that... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 20:16
He shall come and destroy these husbandmen ,.... Which had its accomplishment at the destruction of Jerusalem: according to the other evangelists, these words are the answer of the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, to the above questions put to them by Christ, after he had delivered the parable; but here they seem to be the words of Christ, who also said the same, and confirmed what they had observed, and could not but own, that it was just and right, and what might be expected, with what... read more