πύργον] To overlook the vineyard. προλήνιον] Α vat, hewn or dug out (ὥρυξα) to receive
juice. Matt. xxi. 33 has ληνόν, cf. Isai. lxiii. 2; Mark xii. 1 ὑπολήνιον,
the more usual word; see Isai. xvi. 10, Joel iii. 13, Haggai ii. 16 Ζech. xiv. 10. ἔμινα] Ηeb. ‘he looked, i.e. expected, hoped ‘for it to...’
compares James v. 7, ὁ γεωργὸς ἐκδέχεται τὸν τίμιον καρπὸν τῆς γῆς,
μακροθυμῶν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ. ποιῆσαι corresponds literally to the Heb. ‘Make’ is somewhat
similarly used in some English phrases, as ‘to make flesh,’ ‘to make
wood’ (of plants). σταφυλὴν...ἀκάνθας] Matt. vii. 16, μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ
σταφυλάς; Heb. expresses the subtler contrast of the cultivated
and the wild vine, with grateful and bitter fruit respectively. See
Gen. iii. 18.