The Lord will reappear to judge, to defend, and in glory. σκεπασθήσεται] The noun is taken by Lxx. as a passive verb. 6. Cf. xxv. 4, xxxii. 2. V. Further denunciations are introduced by the Parable of the
Vineyard. The theme of the arraignment and warning is as before,
but the treatment is rich and varied. At ver. 26 a coming enemy is
pointed out with new distinctness, but still not named. The Vineyard and Vine furnish many similes and allusions in
the Bible; see Kay's note on this chapter, and cf. especially Psalm
lxxx. 8—16, and Song of Sol. viii. 11—14. The Parable of

 
Husbandmen, Matt. xxi., Mark xii., Luke xx., has strong verbal resemblances
to this passage: the moral is also like, though here the
vineyard is not merely the scene, but so to speak itself an actor.
Notice especially Matt. xxi. 33, Mark xii. 1; the τί ποιήσει of the
N.T. parable, beside the τί ποιήσω of ver. 4, 5 here: St Luke's use of
the Hebraism προσέθετο πέμψαι, and the δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν of Matthew
and Mark, cf. Isai. iii. 10 (Gen. xxxvii. 20).