King James Version
Matthew 21:40 in the King James Version says “When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?”
Matthew 21:40 · KJV
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.
When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“When”
G3752whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as
“cometh”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“the lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“unto those”
G1565that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
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