What Does Matthew 21:38 Mean?

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

“But”

but, and, etc

“when the husbandmen”

a land-worker, i.e., farmer

“saw”

used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl

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

“the son”

a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship

“they said”

to speak or say (by word or writing)

“among”

"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc

“themselves”

(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc

“This”

the he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated)

“is”

he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are

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

“the heir”

a sharer by lot, i.e., inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor

“come”

come hither!

“let us kill”

to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy

“him”

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

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“let us seize”

to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)

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

“inheritance”

heirship, i.e., (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession

“him”

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