Mark 12:1 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 12:1

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

BSB

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ASV

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 tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

KJV

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 into a far country.

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Commentary

4 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

Or, the hedge is the law, which prohibited their mingling with strangers. There follows, And went into a far country. Or else, By the first servant, understand the prophets who lived about the time of Elias, (2 Chron. 18:23.) for Zedekiah the false prophet beat Micaiah; and by the second servant whom they wounded in the head, that is, evil entreated, we may understand the prophets who lived about the time of Hosea and Isaiah; but by the third servant understand the prophets who flourished about the time of Daniel and Ezekiel.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And he began to speak unto them by parables,.... As of the two sons the father bid go to work in the vineyard; and of the planting of a vineyard, and letting it out to husbandmen, as here; though the latter is only related by this evangelist, yet both are by Matthew. This was not the first time of his speaking by parables to the people, though it might be the first time he spake in this way to the chief priests and elders, and who are particularly designed in them. A certain man planted a vineyard.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Members of the church are God's tenants, and they have both a good Landlord and a good bargain, and may live well upon it, if it be not their own fault.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The verses before us contain a historical parable. The history of the Jewish nation, from the day that Israel left Egypt down to the time of the destruction of Jerusalem, is here set before us as in a mirror. Under the figure of the vineyard and the husbandmen, the Lord Jesus tells the story of God's dealings with His people for fifteen hundred years. Let us study it attentively, and apply it to ourselves. Let us observe, in the first place, God's special kindness to the Jewish Church and nation . He gave to them peculiar privileges.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἤρξατο	ērxato	He began	G757 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
παραβολαῖς	parabolais	parables	G3850 →
λαλεῖν·	lalein	to speak:	G2980 →
ἀμπελῶνα	ampelōna	A vineyard	G290 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	a man	G444 →
ἐφύτευσεν	ephuteusen	planted	G5452 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
περιέθηκεν	periethēken	he placed around [it]	G4060 →
φραγμὸν	phragmon	a fence	G5418 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὤρυξεν	ōruxen	dug	G3736 →
ὑπολήνιον	hupolēnion	a wine vat	G5276 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ᾠκοδόμησεν	ōkodomēsen	built	G3618 →
πύργον	purgon	a tower	G4444 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξέδετο	exedeto	rented out	G1554 →
αὐτὸν	auton	it	G846 →
γεωργοῖς	geōrgois	to farmers	G1092 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπεδήμησεν	apedēmēsen	traveled abroad	G589 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 25:14
For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
leads to
- Matthew 25:14–30
  For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 13:34
  It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
- Luke 19:12–27
  So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
- Romans 12:6–8
  We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
- 1 Peter 4:9–11
  Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
Through
Mark 13:34
It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
leads to
- John 10:3
  The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
- Luke 12:36–40
  Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
Through
Mark 4:2
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
leads to
- Matthew 13:34–35
  Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.