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Matthew 21:37

But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

KJV

ὕστερον δὲ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, λέγων· ἐντραπήσονται τὸν υἱόν μου.

Greek NT

Novissime autem misit ad eos filium suum, dicens : Verebuntur filium meum.

Vulgate

But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

ASV

And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐντρέπω
entrepo
verb · 9×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὕστερον
usteron
adverb · 11×

Parable

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§443Peter could recognize the transcendent character of the Messiah's divine sonship because Jesus had clearly allowed it to be so understood. To his accusers' question before the Sanhedrin, "Are you the Son of God, then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am."50 Well before this, Jesus referred to himself as "the Son" who knows the Father, as distinct from the "servants" God had ear…
§755"The Church is a cultivated field, the tillage of God. On that land the ancient olive tree grows whose holy roots were the prophets and in which the reconciliation of Jews and Gentiles has been brought about and will be brought about again. That land, like a choice vineyard, has been planted by the heavenly cultivator. Yet the true vine is Christ who gives life and fruitfulness…
It is one and the same God Whom both the Old and the New Testament proclaim, Who is praised and glorified in the Trinity: I have come, says the Lord, not to destroy the law but to fulfil it. Matthew 5:17 For He Himself worked out our salvation for which all Scripture and all mystery exists. And again, Search the Scriptures for they are they that testify of Me. John 5:39 And the…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 1:31 — Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
  • Heb 1:1 — God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
  • Isa 5:4 — What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
  • John 1:34 — And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
  • John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  • John 3:35 — The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
  • Luke 20:13 — Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
  • Mark 12:6 — Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
  • Matt 3:17 — And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Zeph 3:7 — I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.