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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Matthew 21

Chapter 21

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

when

Mark 11:1 Luke 19:28

Bethphage

Bethphage was a village on the declivity of Mount Olivet, and somewhat nearer to Jerusalem than Bethany.

the mount

24:3 26:30 Zechariah 14:4 Luke 19:37 21:37 John 8:1 Acts 1:12

Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.

26:18 Mark 11:2,3 14:13-16 Luke 19:30-32 John 2:5-8

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

The Lord

1 Chronicles 29:14-16 Psalms 24:1 50:10,11 Haggai 2:8,9 John 3:35 17:2 Acts 17:25 2 Corinthians 8:9

straightway

1 Samuel 10:26 1 Kings 17:9 Ezra 1:1,5 7:27 2 Corinthians 8:1,2,16 James 1:17

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

this

1:22 26:56 John 19:36,37

saying

Zechariah 9:9 John 12:15

Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

the daughter

Psalms 9:14 Isaiah 12:6 40:9 62:11 Zephaniah 3:14,15 Mark 11:4-11

thy King

2:2,6 Genesis 49:10 Numbers 24:19 Psalms 2:6-12 45:1-17 72:1-20 Psalms 110:1-4 Isaiah 9:6,7 Jeremiah 23:5,6 Ezekiel 34:24 37:24 Daniel 2:44,45 Daniel 7:13,14 Micah 5:2 Zechariah 6:12,13 John 1:49 19:15-22

meek

11:29 12:19,20 2 Corinthians 10:1 Philippians 2:3-5

sitting

Deuteronomy 17:16 Judges 5:10 12:14 2 Samuel 16:2 1 Kings 1:33 10:26 Hosea 1:7 Micah 5:10,11 Zechariah 9:10

And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

and did

Genesis 6:22 12:4 Exodus 39:43 40:16 1 Samuel 15:11 John 15:14

And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

brought

Mark 11:4-8 Luke 19:32-35

put

2 Kings 9:13

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

others

Leviticus 23:40 John 12:13

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

Hosanna

15 Psalms 118:24-26 Mark 11:9,10

Blessed

23:39 Luke 19:37,38 John 12:13-15

in the highest

Luke 2:14

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

all

2:3 Ruth 1:19 1 Samuel 16:4 John 12:16-19

Who

Song of Solomon 3:6 Isaiah 63:1 Luke 5:21 7:49 9:9 20:2 John 2:18 Acts 9:5

And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

This

16:13,14 Deuteronomy 18:15-19 Luke 7:16 John 7:40 9:17 Acts 3:22,23 7:37

of Nazareth

2:23 John 1:45,46 6:14

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

went

Malachi 3:1,2 Mark 11:11

and cast

Mark 11:15 Luke 19:45,46 John 2:14-17

money-changers

Deuteronomy 14:24-26

doves

Leviticus 1:14 5:7,11 12:6,8 14:22,30 15:14,29 Luke 2:24

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

It is

2:5 John 15:25

My

Psalms 93:5 Isaiah 56:7

ye

Jeremiah 7:11 Mark 11:17 Luke 19:46

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

9:35 11:4,5 Isaiah 35:5 Acts 3:1-9 10:38

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

when

23 26:3,59 27:1,20 Isaiah 26:11 Mark 11:18 Luke 19:39,40 20:1 22:2,66 John 11:47-49,57 12:19

Hosanna

9 22:42 John 7:42

they were

John 4:1

And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Hearest

Luke 19:39,40 John 11:47,48 Acts 4:16-18

have

12:3 19:4 22:31 Mark 2:25

Out

11:25 Psalms 8:2

And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

he left

16:4 Jeremiah 6:8 Hosea 9:12 Mark 3:7 Luke 8:37,38

Bethany

Bethany was a village to the east of the mount of Olives, on the road to Jericho; fifteen stadia, (Joh. 11:18) or nearly two miles, as Jerome states, from Jerusalem. This village is now small and poor, and the cultivation of the soil around it is much neglected; but it is a pleasant, romantic spot, shaded by the mount of Olives, and abounding in vines and long grass. It consists of from thirty to forty dwellings inhabited by about 600 Mohammedans, for whose use there is a neat little mosque standing on an eminence. Here they shew the ruins of a sort of castle as the house of Lazarus, and a grotto as his tomb; and the house of Simon the leper, of Mary Magdalene and of Martha, and the identical tree which our Lord cursed, are among the monkish curiosities of the place.

Mark 11:11,19 Luke 10:38 John 11:1,18 12:1-3

Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

in

Mark 11:12,13

he hungered

4:2 12:1 Luke 4:2 Hebrews 4:15

And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

fig-tree

Gr. one fig-tree. and found

Isaiah 5:4,5 Luke 3:9 13:6-9 John 15:2,6 2 Timothy 3:5 Titus 1:16

Let

Mark 11:14 Luke 19:42-44 Hebrews 6:7,8 2 Peter 2:20-22 Revelation 22:11

the fig-tree

Jude 1:12

And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

How

Isaiah 40:6-8 Mark 11:20,21 James 1:10,11

Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

If ye have

17:20 Mark 11:22,23 Luke 17:6,7 Romans 4:19,20 1 Corinthians 13:2 James 1:6

Be thou removed

8:12

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

7:7,11 18:19 Mark 11:24 Luke 11:8-10 John 14:13 15:7 16:24 James 5:16 1 John 3:22 5:14,15

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

when

Mark 11:27,28 Luke 19:47,48 20:1,2

the chief priests

1 Chronicles 24:1-19

By what

Exodus 2:14 Acts 4:7 7:27

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

I also

10:16 Proverbs 26:4,5 Luke 6:9 Colossians 4:6

The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

baptism

3:1-12 11:7-15 17:12,13 Mark 1:1-11 11:27-33 Luke 1:11-17,67-80 Luke 3:2-20 7:28-35 John 1:6,15,25-34 3:26-36

Why

Luke 20:5 John 3:18 5:33-36,44-47 10:25,26 12:37-43 1 John 3:20

But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

we fear

46 14:5 Isaiah 57:11 Mark 11:32 12:12 Luke 20:6,19 22:2 John 9:22 Acts 5:26

for

Mark 6:20 John 5:35 10:41,42

And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

We cannot tell

15:14 16:3 23:16-28 Isaiah 6:10 28:9 29:10-12 42:19,20 56:10,11 Jeremiah 8:7-9 Malachi 2:6-9 Luke 20:7,8 John 9:30,40,41 Romans 1:18-22,28 2 Corinthians 4:3 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10

But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

what

17:25 22:17 Luke 13:4 1 Corinthians 10:15

A certain

Luke 15:11-32

Son

20:5-7 Mark 13:34 1 Corinthians 15:58

He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

I will not

31 Jeremiah 44:16 Ephesians 4:17-19

he repented

3:2-8 2 Chronicles 33:10-19 Isaiah 1:16-19 55:6,7 Ezekiel 18:28-32 Daniel 4:34-37 Jonah 3:2,8-10 Luke 15:17,18 Acts 26:20 1 Corinthians 6:11 Ephesians 2:1-13

And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

I go

23:3 Ezekiel 33:31 Romans 2:17-25 Titus 1:16

Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

did

7:21 12:50 Ezekiel 33:11 Luke 15:10 Acts 17:30 2 Peter 3:9

The first

2 Samuel 12:5-7 Job 15:6 Luke 7:40-42 19:22 Romans 3:19

Verily

5:18 6:5 18:3

the publicans

9:9 20:16 Luke 7:29,37-50 15:1,2 19:9,10 Romans 5:20 9:30-33 1 Timothy 1:13-16

For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

came

3:1-8 Isaiah 35:8 Jeremiah 6:16 Luke 3:8-13 2 Peter 2:21

and ye believed

25 11:18 Luke 7:29,30 John 5:33-36 Acts 13:25-29

the publicans

Luke 7:37-50

repented

Psalms 81:11,12 Zechariah 7:11,12 John 5:37-40 2 Timothy 2:25 Hebrews 3:12 6:6-8 Revelation 2:21

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Hear

In this parable, in its primary sense, the householder denotes the Supreme Being; the family, the Jewish nation; the vineyard, Jerusalem; the fence, the Divine protection; the wine-press, the law and sacrificial rites; the tower, the temple; and the husbandmen, the priests and doctors of the law.

13:18 1 Kings 22:19 Isaiah 1:10 Jeremiah 19:3 Hosea 4:1

There

Psalms 80:8-16 Song of Solomon 8:11,12 Isaiah 5:1-4 Jeremiah 2:21 Mark 12:1 Luke 20:9-18 John 15:1

husbandmen

23:2 Deuteronomy 1:15-17 16:18 17:9-12 33:8-10 Malachi 2:4-9

went

25:14,15 Mark 13:34 Luke 19:12

And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

he sent

2 Kings 17:13,14-23 2 Chronicles 36:15,16 Nehemiah 9:29,30 Jeremiah 25:3-7 35:15 Zechariah 1:3-6 7:9-13 Mark 12:2-5 Luke 20:10-19

that

Song of Solomon 8:11,12 Isaiah 5:4

And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

5:12 23:31-37 1 Kings 18:4,13 19:2,10 22:24 2 Chronicles 16:10 24:21,22 2 Chronicles 36:15,16 Nehemiah 9:26 Jeremiah 2:30 25:3-7 26:21-24 Luke 13:33,34 Acts 7:52 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Hebrews 11:36,37 Revelation 6:9

But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

last

3:17 Mark 12:6 Luke 20:13 John 1:18,34 3:16,35,36 Hebrews 1:1,2

They

Isaiah 5:4 Jeremiah 36:3 Zephaniah 3:7

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.

This

2:13-16 26:3,4 27:1,2 Genesis 37:18-20 Psalms 2:2-8 Mark 12:7,8 Luke 20:14 John 11:47-53 Acts 4:27,28 5:24-28

And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

caught

26:50,57 Mark 14:46-53 Luke 22:52-54 John 18:12,24 Acts 2:23 4:25-27

cast

Hebrews 13:11-13

slew

Acts 2:23 3:14,15 4:10 5:30 7:52 James 5:6

When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

what

Mark 12:9 Luke 20:15,16 Hebrews 10:29

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.

they say

Our Lord here causes them to pass that sentence of destruction upon themselves which was literally executed about forty years afterwards by the Roman armies.

He will

3:12 22:6,7 23:35-38 24:21,22 Leviticus 26:14-46 Deuteronomy 28:59-68 Psalms 2:4,5,9 Isaiah 5:5-7 Daniel 9:26 Zechariah 11:8-10 12:12 13:8 14:2,3 Malachi 4:1-6 Luke 17:32-37 19:41-44 21:22-24 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Hebrews 2:3 12:25

and will let out

43 8:11 Isaiah 49:5-7 65:15 66:19-21 Luke 13:28,29 14:23,24 21:24 Acts 13:46-48 15:7 18:6 28:8 Romans 9:1-11 15:9-18

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?

Did

The stone

Psalms 118:22,23 Isaiah 28:16 Zechariah 3:8,9 Mark 12:10,11 Luke 20:17,18 Acts 4:11 Romans 9:33 Ephesians 2:20 1 Peter 2:4-8

and it is

Habakkuk 1:5 Acts 13:40,41 Ephesians 3:3-9

Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

The kingdom

41 8:11,12 12:28 Isaiah 28:2 Luke 17:20,21 John 3:3,5

a nation

Exodus 19:6 Isaiah 26:2 1 Corinthians 13:2 1 Peter 2:9

And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

whosoever

Psalms 2:12 Isaiah 8:14,15 60:12 Zechariah 12:3 Luke 20:18 Romans 9:33 2 Corinthians 4:3,4 1 Peter 2:8

but

26:24 27:25 Psalms 2:9 21:8,9 110:5,6 Daniel 2:34,35,44,45 John 19:11 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Hebrews 2:2,3

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

they

12:12 Luke 11:45 20:19

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

they sought

2 Samuel 12:7-13 Proverbs 9:7-9 15:12 Isaiah 29:1 John 7:7

because

11 Luke 7:16,39 John 7:40,41 Acts 2:22