<p>20:13 <i>And the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be they will respect him</i>-God sent His Son to Israel, thinking &quot;they will reverence him when they see him&quot; (Lk. 20:13 AV). But Isaiah 53 had prophesied that when Israel saw Him, they would see no beauty in Him and crucify Him. Yet God restrained that knowledge, in His love and positive hope for His people. Likewise Jesus, it seems to me limited His foreknowledge of Judas. He knew from the beginning who would betray him. One of the 12 was a traitor. Yet Judas was His own familiar friend in whom He trusted. &quot;It may be they...&quot;, Gk. <i>isos,</i>&nbsp;is tantalizingly hard to understand. It could mean 'Perhaps'; or equally it could mean 'They will, surely'. We wonder of course how the Father could truly feel like this if He is omniscient. My suggestion is that He limits His omniscience in order to enter fully into our human experience; which means that His expressions of shock and disappointment are legitimate reflections of how He actually feels.</p><p>&ldquo;My beloved Son&rdquo; means that the joyful harvest song of Is. 5:1, the &quot;song of my beloved&rdquo;, becomes the tragedy of &quot;My beloved son&quot;.&nbsp;</p>