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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Mark 12:4

And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Mark 12:4. _AT HIM THEY CAST STONES AND WOUNDED_ HIM _IN THE HEAD_] Or rather, as most learned men agree, _they made short work of it_, εκεφαλαιωσαν. We have followed the Vulgate, _illum in cap...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33. See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Parable of the Vineyard. (Mark 12:1 .Matthew 21:33; Luke 20:9)_ 2. The Question concerning the Tribute Money. (Mark 1

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD. The genuineness of this parable is disputed (1) because it is allegorical in character; (2) because it reflects a later situation and assumes Christ's death; (3) because i...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    REJECTION AND RETRIBUTION (Mark 12:1-12)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Jesus began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard. He put a hedge round about it, and dug a wine vat, and built a tower. He let it out to cultivators and went abroad. At the right tim...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. As in verses: Mark 12:6; Mark 12:13; Mark 12:18. ANOTHER. Greek. _allos_ App-124. AT HIM, &c.. him they stoned. This word "stoned" is omitted by all the texts. sent him

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _wounded him in the head_ The original word, which generally denotes to _comprehend in one sum, or under one head_, is nowhere else used in this sense. Some MSS. omit the words _they cast stones_, and...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    1–12. THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN Matthew 21:33-46; Luke 20:9-19...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΚΕΦΑΛΊΩΣΑΝ ([2669][2670][2671][2672]) rather than ἐκεφαλαίωσαν ([2673][2674][2675][2676] etc.), which could hardly mean “treated him summarily.” [2677][2678][2679][2680][2681] 33 omit λιθοβολήσαντες...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 1. And He began to speak unto them by parables. "A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and dug a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE STONE REJECTED BY MEN MARK 12:1-12:_ One of Jesus' most pointed parables was the parable of the wicked husbandmen. In the parable a certain man planted a vineyard, built a wall around it and dug...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΚΕΦΑΛΊΩΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΌΩ (G2775) бить по голове, ΉΤΊΜΑΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΤΙΜΆΖΩ (G818) поносить, оскорблять....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _SUMMARY 11:1 TO 12:44_ In this section the historian has presented only one miracle, that of withering the barren fig-tree. The section is chiefly taken up with conversations and speeches, in which s...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. THE REJECTED SON MATTHEW 12:1-12 _TEXT 12:1-12_ And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a to...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    1-12 Compare Mat_21:33-46; Luk_20:9-19. 1 This was a most familiar illustration for His hearers. Vineyards were usually planted on stony ground. After clearing, the stones were built into a broad ston...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    VARIOUS INCIDENTS AND DISCOURSES IN THE TEMPLE 1-12. The wicked husbandmen (Matthew 21:33; Luke 20:9). See on Mt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 12 THE GARDEN AND THE CRUEL WORKERS VERSES 1-12 A servant does his work on behalf...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 12:1-12 (Mark 12:1) THE HUSBANDMEN "And He began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the wine-press, and built...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐκεφαλί (αί, T.R.) ωσαν : ought to mean, summed up (κεφάλαιον, Hebrews 8:1 = the crown of what has been spoken), but generally taken to mean “smote on the head” (“in capite vulneraverunt,” Vulg [110])...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Parable of the wicked vinedressers_ (Matthew 21:33-46; Luke 20:9-19)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JESUS SILENCES HIS ENEMIES Mark 12:1-27 Our Lord reviews the history of the theocracy. He recounts the long roll of God's servants who had been persecuted and misused from the first to the last, incl...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this parable of the vineyard the Lord very graphically sketched for those people their own national history, and condemned them thereby. "They perceived that He spake the parable against them." The...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE WICKED HUSBANDMAN Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19. Matthew: “Hear another parable: A man who is a landlord planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge round it, and dug a wine-trough in it...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS. _ The_ LORD _is here teaching in Parables. The Pharisees and Herodians try to catch_ JESUS _in his words. The_ LORD _blessedly discourseth on the Resurrection, and with a Scribe: he caution...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The Lord afterwards gives the substance of the whole law, as the principle of blessing between the creature and God, and that which formed the touchstone for the heart in the rejection of Christ. I sa...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND AGAIN HE SENT UNTO THEM ANOTHER SERVANT,.... Another set of good men, to instruct, advise, and counsel them, and exhort them to their duty; such as were Isaiah, Zechariah, and others: AND AT HIM...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded _him_ in the head, and sent _him_ away shamefully handled. Ver. 4. _Wounded him in the head_] _Caput comminuerunt...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He began to speak unto them by parables_ “Christ having showed the rulers, chief priests, and scribes, the heinousness of their sin, in rejecting John the Baptist, (Matthew 21:28,) judged it proper,...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Parable of the vineyeard. Matthew 21:33-46. As God is the giver and owner of all our possessions, common honesty requires that they should be employed in his service....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-12 Christ showed in parables, that he would lay aside the Jewish church. It is sad to think what base usage God's faithful ministers have met with in all ages, from those who have enjoyed the privi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MARK 12:1...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 12:4 G2532 Again G3825 sent G649 (G5656) G4314 them G846 another G243 servant G1401 him...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    On the _time_, see on Matthew 21:23-46. The two accounts agree closely, Matthew alone inserts the parable of the two Sons. Comp, also Luke 20:1-8....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Parable of householder demanding fruit from his vineyards. The tribute question. Jesus answers the Sadducees. The great commandments. The widow's mite. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Caesa...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Mark 12:1. _A certain man planted a vineyard._ See on Matthew 20:1. The idea conveys an enlarged view of its magnitude, conformably to what is said in Psalms 80. and Isaiah 5.

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _A certain man planted a vineyard and set an hedge about it._ THE VINEYARD, OR THE VISIBLE CHURCH TRANSFERRED TO THE GENTILES I. The Church is God’s peculiar treasure. II. The Jewish people were ap...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MARK—NOTE ON MARK 12:1 This parable of judgment is addressed primarily to the religious leaders of Israel (vv. Mark 12:1, Mark 12:12

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MARK—NOTE ON MARK 12:3 The landlord’s servants are increasingly mistreated: they are beaten, STRUCK... ON THE HEAD, and KILLED. The repetition of these events (AND SO WITH MANY OTHERS) r

  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED TENANTS MATTHEW 21:33-46; MARK 12:1-12; LUKE 20:9-19; MATTHEW 21:33 Hear another parable: T

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 12 1 _The parable of the vineyard_. 13 _Touching the paying of tribute_. 18 _The Sadducees confuted_. 35 _A difficulty proposed to the scribes._ VER. 1 _. Planted a vineyard._ Gr. _ε̉φύτευσεν_...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 12:1. A PLACE FOR THE WINEFAT.—Simply _a winepress_; or (more exactly) _winevat, i.e._ the receptacle under the winepress proper. Probably ὑπολήνιον is here used t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MARK 12:1 AND HE BEGAN TO SPEAK UNTO THEM IN PARABLES. This particular parable which follows was specially directed against the scribes and Pharisees; but it was uttered in the presence o...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Mark's gospel, chapter 12. Now we remember that Jesus is in the temple. This is the day after He had cleansed it again. It is on Tuesday. It is His final week. Sunday He had made His triumphant entry...

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