What Does Matthew 21:34 Mean?

“when”

at which (thing) too, i.e., when

“And”

but, and, etc

“drew near”

to make near, i.e., (reflexively) approach

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the time”

an occasion, i.e., set or proper time

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of the fruit”

fruit (as plucked), literally or figuratively

“he sent”

set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“servants”

a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency)

“of it”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“to”

a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the husbandmen”

a land-worker, i.e., farmer

“that they might receive”

while g0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of the fruit”

fruit (as plucked), literally or figuratively

“of it”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons