Mark 12:2 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 12:2

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.

KJV

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

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Commentary

5 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 Medieval Church1 voice

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) By the servant who was first sent, we must understand Moses, but they beat him, and sent him away empty, because they angered Moses in the tents. (Ps. 106:6)

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And at the season he sent unto the husbandman a servant,.... The Evangelist Matthew says, "when the time of the fruit drew near", Mat 21:34; and so the Persic version here reads. The Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "in its own time", or "season", which was the fourth year from the planting of it; and then it was holy to the Lord; and might not be eaten until the fifth year, Lev 19:

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Many that seem careful to give to men their due, are in no care to give God the glory due to his name; whereas our hearts and best affections are as much due to him as ever rent was to a landlord, or tribute to a prince.

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

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἀπέστειλεν	apesteilen	he sent	G649 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
γεωργοὺς	geōrgous	farmers	G1092 →
τῷ	tō	at the	G3588 →
καιρῷ	kairō	due time	G2540 →
δοῦλον	doulon	a servant	G1401 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
παρὰ	para	from	G3844 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
γεωργῶν	geōrgōn	farmers	G1092 →
λάβῃ	labē	he may receive	G2983 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
καρπῶν	karpōn	fruits	G2590 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἀμπελῶνος.	ampelōnos	vineyard.	G290 →

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
Psalms 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:8
  He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not…
- Ezekiel 47:12
  Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from…
- Psalms 92:14
  In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
- John 15:6
  If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- Ezekiel 19:10
  Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
Through
Jeremiah 44:4
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
leads to
- Jeremiah 26:5
  and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,
- Jeremiah 7:25
  From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
Through
Luke 20:10
At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
leads to
- Nehemiah 9:26
  But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.