Matthew 21:33–41
The vineyard is Israel (Matthew 21:33–41), as the psalmist says, “You brought a vine out of Egypt,” (Psalm 80:8) and Isaiah, “A vineyard was made for the beloved.” (Isaiah 5:1) God planted it and went abroad a long time — that is, he was long-suffering. Yet he is seen caring for the place and holding it in mind; for there was no intervening time when prophets and righteous men were not being sent from God to admonish. But they became disobedient, and having dishonored those sent, they sent them away empty — that is, with nothing good to say about them to the God who sent them.
Greek
Καὶ ἔστιν ἀμπελὼν μὲν ὁ Ἰσραήλ, ὥς φησιν ὁ ψαλμῳδός· "ἄμ πελον ἐξ Αἰγύπτου μετῆρας" καὶ ὁ Ἠσαίας· "ἀμπελών", φησίν, "ἐγε νήθη τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ". ἐφύτευσεν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἀπεδήμησε χρόνον μακρὸν ἤγουν ἐμακροθύμησεν. πλὴν ὁρᾶται πεφροντικὼς τοῦ χω ρίου καὶ εἰς νοῦν ἔχων αὐτό· οὐδεὶς γὰρ γέγονεν διὰ μέσου καιρός, καθ' ὃν οὐκ ἀπεστέλλοντο παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ προφῆται καὶ δίκαιοι νουθετοῦντες. οἱ δὲ γεγόνασιν ἀπειθεῖς καὶ ἀτιμάσαντες τοὺς ἀπεσταλμένους ἀπέστειλαν κενούς, τοῦτ' ἔστιν οὐδὲν ἔχοντας εἰπεῖν περὶ αὐτῶν ἀγαθὸν τῷ πεπομ φότι θεῷ.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.