King James Version
Matthew 21:37 in the King James Version says “But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.”
Matthew 21:37 · KJV
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.
And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“he sent”
G649set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
“unto”
G4314a 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,
“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
“son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“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
“saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“They will reverence”
G1788to invert, i.e., (figuratively and reflexively) in a good sense, to respect; or in a bad one, to confound
“son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
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