Mark - 12:5



5 Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 12:5.

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And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
And again he sent another, and him they killed: and many others, of whom some they beat, and others they killed.
'And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.
Yet a third he sent, and him they killed. And he sent many besides, and them also they ill-treated, beating some and killing others.
And he sent another; and they put him to death: and a number of others, whipping some, and putting some to death.
And again, he sent another, and him they killed, and many others: some they beat, but others they killed.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And again he sent another,.... That is, another servant, or set of men, it may be in the times of the Maccabees, who were used in a very inhuman manner; see Hebrews 11:37;
and him they killed; either with the sword, or by inflicting some capital punishment, as stoning, strangling, &c.
and many others; that is, either the owner of the vineyard sent many other servants, or the husbandmen ill used many others that were sent to them:
beating some; with their hands, or with scourges;
and killing some; in one or other of the above ways.

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