King James Version
Matthew 21:36 in the King James Version says “Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.”
Matthew 21:36 · KJV
And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Again”
G3825(adverbially) anew, i.e., (of place) back, (of time) once more, or (conjunctionally) furthermore or on the other hand
“he sent”
G649set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
“servants”
G1401a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“unto them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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