He shall come and destroy these tenants, and shall give the vineyard to others.
And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
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Ephrem The Syrian
AD 373
He led them to the point of judging themselves, saying, “What do the vinedressers deserve?” They made a pronouncement concerning themselves, saying, “Let him destroy the evil ones with evil.” He then explained this, saying, “Have you not read that the stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner?” What stone is this? It is the one known to be as hard as lead. See, he has said, “I am setting a plumb line in the midst of the sons of Israel.” To show that he himself was this stone, he said concerning it, “Whoever knocks against that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush and destroy whomsoever it falls upon.” The leaders of the people were gathered together against him and wanted his downfall because his teaching did not please them. He said, “It will crush and destroy whomsoever it falls upon,” because he got rid of idolatry along with other such things. “The stone that struck the image has become a great mountain, and the whole earth has been filled with it.” Commentary on Tatian’s Diatessaron
