Mark 12:6-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:1-12

The parable of the vineyard. The imagery adopted would at once address itself to the understanding of the hearers. Palestine pre-eminently a land of the grape. The prophetic writings are full of symbols and figures from the vine. This was spoken in continuation of his dispute with the Sanhedrim, and in the presence of all the people in the temple. The historical allusions to the prophets and the personal one to himself must have been only too clear. It was a detailed and crescent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:1-12

The parable of the vineyard; or, unfaithfulness and its reward. A rude demand upon Jesus for his authority led him to ask in reply "one question" which awakened the consciences of his interrogators and threw them into confusion and difficulty. They were hurrying him on to his final hour, and he must needs take advantage of every opportunity of finishing the work given him to do. Therefore "in parables" he spake both "unto them" and "against them," which but roused their ire, and sent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:1-12

The evil husbandmen. I. FAITHLESS TO GOD ; UNJUST TO MEN . If men do not know God, neither can they know those who are sent of him. The Pharisees were set against Jesus because he was the only living presentment of their own neglected duties to God. II. VIOLENCE FALLACIOUS TO THOSE WHO EMPLOY IT . The wicked husbandmen Blindly slay the emissary. It is of no avail. The Erinys, the fury, the avenging spirit of the dead man, will come back. The violence against... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:1-12

Parallel passages: Matthew 21:33-46 ; Luke 20:9-19 .— Parable of the vineyard. I. THE LORD 'S VINEYARD . A vineyard is often used in Scripture as an object of comparison. The heart is probably represented under this pleasing and beautiful image in the Song of Solomon, where it is written, "My mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." God's ancient people are set forth under the same figure in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:6-8

Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved . There is strong evidence in favor of a different reading here: namely ( ἔτι ἕνα εἰχεν υἱὸν ἀγαπητὸν ), he had yet one, a beloved son. There is something very touching in this form of expression. Many messages had been sent; many means had been tried. But one other resource remained. "There is one, a beloved on. I will send him; they will, surely reverence him ( ἐντραπήσονται τὸν υἰόν μου ). They will reflect, and reflection... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:9

What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? In St. Matthew's narrative the scribes answer this question. St. Luke, as St. Mark here, assigns the answer to our Lord. It would seem probable that the scribes first answered him, and that then he himself repeated their answer, and confirmed it by his looks and gesture; so that from thence, as well as from what followed, they might sufficiently understand that he spake these things of them. Then, according to St. Luke ( Luke 20:16 ), they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:10-11

This quotation is from Psalms 118:22 , where David prophesies of Christ. The meaning is plainly this, that the chief priests and scribes, as the builders of the Jewish Church, rejected Christ from the building as a useless stone; yea, more—they condemned and crucified him. They rejected him ( ἀπεδοκίμασαν ). The verb in the Greek implies that the stone was first examined and then deliberately refused. But this stone, thus disallowed and set at nought by the builders, was made the head... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 12:1-12

See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-46.See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-46. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 12:1-11

Mark 12:1-11. 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 21:28-32,) judged it proper, likewise, publicly to represent the crime of the nation, in rejecting all the messengers of God from first to last, and among the rest his only-begotten Son; and in mis-improving the Mosaic dispensation, under which they lived. At the same time, he warned them plainly of their... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 12:1-12

123. The wicked vineyard keepers (Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-18)This parable pictures Israel as a vineyard, God as the owner of the vineyard, and the Jewish religious leaders as the tenants who looked after it. Just as the tenants beat and killed the servants whom the owner sent to them, so Israel’s leaders persecuted and killed God’s messengers, from Old Testament prophets to John the Baptist. Now they were about to reject God’s Son himself (Matthew 21:33-39). By rejecting him... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:6-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:10-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 12:1-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 12:1-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 12:1-12

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