Mark 12:4 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 12:4

Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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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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 Medieval Church1 voice

Bede

On the Gospel of Mark (735)

And again he sent another servant to them, and they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully. The other servant signifies David the king and prophet and the other psalmists, who were sent after Moses, so that by the modulation of psalmody and …

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 capite vulneraverunt, in translating the original, wounded him in the head, in which signification, I believe, the word is found in no Greek writer. Ανακεφαλαιοομαι signifies to sum up, to comprise, and is used in this sense by St. Paul, Rom 13:

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

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
πάλιν	palin	again	G3825 →
ἀπέστειλεν	apesteilen	he sent	G649 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
ἄλλον	allon	another	G243 →
δοῦλον·	doulon	servant;	G1401 →
κἀκεῖνον	kakeinon	and him	G2532 →G1565 →
ἐκεφαλίωσαν	ekephaliōsan	they struck on the head	G2775 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἠτίμασαν.	ētimasan	dishonored.	G818 →