12:37 If David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 4 And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.
1 sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.
2 sn The statement that the owner will come and destroy those tenants is a promise of judgment; see Luke 13:34-35; 19:41-44.
3 sn The warning that the owner would give the vineyard to others suggests that the care of the promise and the nation’s hope would be passed to others. This eventually looks to Gentile inclusion; see Eph 2:11-22.
4 tn Grk “David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ So how is he his son?” The conditional nuance, implicit in Greek, has been made explicit in the translation (cf. Matt 22:45).