Mark 12:9

12:1-12 Christ showed in parables, that he would lay aside the Jewish church. It is sad to think what base usage God's faithful ministers have met with in all ages, from those who have enjoyed the privileges of the church, but have not brought forth fruit answerable. God at length sent his Son, his Well-beloved; and it might be expected that he whom their Master loved, they also should respect and love; but instead of honouring him because he was the Son and Heir, they therefore hated him. But the exaltation of Christ was the Lord's doing; and it is his doing to exalt him in our hearts, and to set up his throne there; and if this be done, it cannot but be marvellous in our eyes. The Scriptures, and faithful preachers, and the coming of Christ in the flesh, call on us to render due praise to God in our lives. Let sinners beware of a proud, carnal spirit; if they revile or despise the preachers of Christ, they would have done so their Master, had they lived when he was upon earth.

What shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard do?.... The Arabic and Ethiopic versions add, to them; that is, to the husbandmen, as is expressed in Matthew 21:40 ; see Gill on Matthew 21:40 , he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. As the former clause contains a question put by Christ upon his having finished the parable, this is an answer to it, given by the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, in whose presence, and for whose sake it was delivered; See Gill on Matthew 21:41.

9 . he will come ] According to St Matthew, this was the answer of the Pharisees themselves, either, before they were aware, pronouncing sentence against themselves, or pretending in the hardness of their hearts not to see the drift of the Parable. The answer was followed by “a deep God forbid” from several voices ( Luke 20:16 ).

Verse 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 subjoined the words, "God forbid!" an expression wrung from their consciences, which accused them and told them that the parable applied to them. Here, then, we have a distinct prediction of the rejection of the Jews and the call of the Gentiles. Mark 12:9

MARK 11: 33 They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.” [ Mark 12 ] MARK 12: 1 He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country. The parable of the vineyard let out to wicked husbandmen, Mark 12:1-12. The Pharisees and Herodians question him about paying tribute to Caesar, Mark 12:13-17. The Sadducees question him about the resurrection, Mark 12:18-27. A scribe questions him concerning the chief commandment of the law, Mark 12:28-34. Christ asks the scribes why the Messiah is called David's son, Mark 12:35-37. He warns his disciples against the scribes, Mark 12:38-40. Of the widow that cast two mites into the treasury, Mark 12:41-44.

The places in which Gehenna occurs are Matt, 5:22.29.30 ; 10:28; 18:9 ; 23:15.33 ; Mark 9:43.45.47 ; Luke 12:5, and James 3:6. All of them refer to torture and punishment hereafter. This is distinctly associated with the punishment of the judgment day, in Mark 18:9, by the preceding verse where "eternal fire" is used as the equivalent term to Gehenna; in Matthew 23:33, where Christ asks the Scribes and Pharisees, "How shalFye escape the damnation of Hell (Gehenna);" in Mark 9:43, where^the language is "to go into Hell (Gehenna), the Abstract of Theology. 502 unquenchable fire," [Canterbury Revision,] and in Luke 12:5, in which Christ says, "Fear Him which, after He hath killed, hath power to cast into Hell (Gehenna)." It has not been inaptly remarked that Gehenna is used by Christ himself in all of the twelve passages in which it occurs in the New Testament, except James 3:6. 4. The duration of this punishment. The New Testament teaching upon this subject is that it will endure throughout all the infinite future. This is expressed in various ways. (1.) By the term eis ton aiona, "forever."

[Reformed Biblical] TO MARK - Chapter 12 - Verse 6 Verse 6. No Barnes text on this verse. {s} "he sent" Hebrews 13:12 ## THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MA RK - Chapter 12 - Verse 7 Verse 7. No Barnes text on this verse. ## THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 12 - Verse 8 Verse 8. No Barnes text on this verse. {t} "cast him out" Hebrews 13:12; 9:26 ## THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 12 - Verse 9 Verse 9. No Barnes text on this verse. {u} "and destroy" Proverbs 1:24-31 {v} "will give" Jeremiah 17:3 ## THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 12 - Verse 10 Verse 10. No Barnes text on this verse. {w} "stone which" #Psa lms 118:22 ## THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 12 - Verse 11 Verse 11. No Barnes text on this verse. ## THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 12 - Verse 12 Verse 12. No Barnes text on this verse. {x} "And they sought" Mr 11:18; John 7:30 ## THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 12 - Verse 13 ## Verses 13-17. See Barnes "Matthew 22:15" and Matthew 22:16-22 Verse 13. No Barnes text on this verse. {y} "And they send" Matthew 22:15; Luke 20:20 ## THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 12 - Verse 14 Verse 14. No Barnes text on this verse. ## THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 12 - Verse 15 Verse 15. No Barnes text on this verse. "penny" or "Valuing of our money, seven pence halfpenny, as Matthew 22:19 ## THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 12 - Verse 16 Verse 16. No Barnes text on t