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Mark 12:1-44
Mark 12:1-44
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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unthankful husbandmen, representing the sin and ruin of the Jewish
church, ver. 1-12. II. Christ's silencing those who thought to ensnare
him…Mark 12:1-12Mark 12:1-12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleChrist had formerly in parables showed how he designed to set up the
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the Jewish church, which it might have been grafted into the stock of,…Mark 12:1Mark 12:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd he began to speak unto them in parables. This particular parable which follows was specially directed against the scribes and Pharisees; but it was uttered in the presence of a multitude of the people. "He began to…Mark 12:1-12Mark 12:1-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryRebel vine-dressers.
By this time there was no further prospect or possibility that the fate of Jesus might be averted. His entry into Jerusalem in state, and his cleansing of the temple, were acts that the priests,…Mark 12:1-12Mark 12:1-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe 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…Mark 12:1-12Mark 12:1-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe parable of the vineyard; or, unfaithfulness and its reward.
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