Luke 20:11 Meaning and Explanation
“And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.”
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Read Full Chapter →The owner sends a second servant; the tenants beat him as well, treat him shamefully, and send him away with nothing.
What Does Luke 20:11 Mean?
A second servant follows the first, and the abuse escalates — to the beating is added public disgrace. The pattern of Israel's story continues: messenger after messenger sent for fruit, messenger after messenger dishonored and turned away.
What stands out is not only the tenants' hardness but the owner's persistence. Where any earthly landlord would send soldiers, he sends another unarmed servant. Each new messenger is mercy extended again, another chance refused. God's patience is not indifference toward sin; it is the deliberate lengthening of the day of repentance (2 Peter 3:9). Every messenger shamed is grace that must be answered for.
Luke 20:11 in the Original Language
atimazo (ἀτιμάζω), 'entreated shamefully' -- to dishonor, to treat with open contempt.
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What does Luke 20:11 mean?
The owner sends a second servant; the tenants beat him as well, treat him shamefully, and send him away with nothing.