But when the husbandmen saw him,.... In human nature, heard him preach, and observed the miracles done by him:they reasoned among themselves; as the Scribes and Pharisees, and elders of the people often did:saying, this is the heir; the heir of God, being his Son; and so the Ethiopic version; "this Son is his heir", or the heir of the vineyard; being, by appointment, heir of all things, and by his descent from David heir to the kingdom of Israel;come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
The Arabic and Persic versions render it, "and his inheritance shall be ours": the nation, city, temple, and all the emoluments and benefits thereof.