John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:10
And have ye not read this Scripture ?.... In Psalm 118:22 these are the words of Christ directed to the above persons, who were, many of them, teachers of the people, and therefore ought to have read the scriptures, and have taken notice of, and considered more especially such as respected the Messiah, as this passage did, and was very appropriate to the case in the parable Christ had respect unto: the stone which the builders rejected, is become the head of the corner : by "the stone"... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 12:9
What shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard do ?.... The Arabic and Ethiopic versions add, to them; that is, to the husbandmen, as is expressed in Matthew 21:40 ; see Gill on Matthew 21:40 , he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others . As the former clause contains a question put by Christ upon his having finished the parable, this is an answer to it, given by the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, in whose presence, and for whose sake it was... read more