MARK 12:5 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. Καί
2. kai
3. And
4. So
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y33
11. 32506
1. πάλιν
2. palin
3. -
4. -
5. 38250
6. D·······
7. again
8. again
9. -
10. -
11. 32507
1. ἄλλον
2. allos
3. another
4. -
5. 2430
6. R····AMS
7. another
8. another
9. -
10. Y33; F32511
11. 32508
1. ἀπέστειλεν
2. apostellō
3. he sent out
4. -
5. 6490
6. VIAA3··S
7. ˱he˲ sent_out
8. ˱he˲ sent_out
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32509
1. δοῦλον
2. doulos
3. -
4. -
5. 14010
6. N····AMS
7. ˓a˒ slave
8. ˓a˒ slave
9. -
10. -
11. 32510
1. κἀκεῖνον
2. kakeinos
3. and that one
4. -
5. 25480
6. R····AMS
7. and_that ‹one›
8. and_that ‹one›
9. -
10. Y33; R32508
11. 32511
1. ἀπέκτειναν
2. apokteinō
3. they killed off
4. -
5. 6150
6. VIAA3··P
7. ˱they˲ killed_off
8. ˱they˲ killed_off
9. -
10. Y33; R32464
11. 32512
1. καί
2. kai
3. and
4. -
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32513
1. πολλούς
2. pollos
3. many
4. -
5. 41830
6. A····AMP
7. many
8. many
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32514
1. ἄλλους
2. allos
3. others
4. -
5. 2430
6. R····AMP
7. others
8. others
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32515
1. οὕς
2. hos
3. some
4. -
5. 37390
6. R····AMP
7. some
8. some
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32516
1. τούς
2. ho
3. -
4. -
5. 35880
6. R····AMP
7. the ‹ones›
8. the ‹ones›
9. -
10. -
11. 32517
1. δέ
2. de
3. -
4. -
5. 11610
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. -
11. 32518
1. μέν
2. men
3. on one hand
4. -
5. 33030
6. C·······
7. on_one_hand
8. on_one_hand
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32519
1. δέροντες
2. derō
3. beating
4. -
5. 11940
6. VPPA·NMP
7. beating
8. beating
9. -
10. Y33; R32464
11. 32520
1. ἄλλους
2. allos
3. -
4. -
5. 2430
6. R····AMP
7. others
8. others
9. -
10. -
11. 32521
1. οὕς
2. hos
3. some
4. -
5. 37390
6. R····AMP
7. some
8. some
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32522
1. τούς
2. ho
3. -
4. -
5. 35880
6. R····AMP
7. the ‹ones›
8. the ‹ones›
9. -
10. -
11. 32523
1. δέ
2. de
3. on the other hand
4. -
5. 11610
6. C·······
7. on_the_other_hand
8. on_the_other_hand
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32524
1. ἀποκτέννοντες
2. apoktennō
3. killing off
4. -
5. 6150
6. VPPA·NMP
7. killing_off
8. killing_off
9. -
10. Y33; R32464
11. 32525

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 12:1–12: Jesus told a parable about some evil grape farmers

In 11:28 the Jewish religious leaders asked Jesus two questions about his authority. In this section Jesus used a parable to answer those question in an indirect way. The Jewish leaders showed that they understood this parable by the way they responded in 12:12.

Jesus’ parable was about a man who owned a grape farm. He told some men to farm it for him and to give him a share of the profit. However, the men refused to give the owner his share. They even mistreated his servants who came to collect the money. When the owner sent his own son, they killed him.

Jesus used the people in the parable to represent the Jewish religious leaders and their actions toward God and toward himself, God’s son. Here are the most likely meanings of the different people and things in the parable:See Ray Summers, Commentary on Luke: Jesus, the Universal Savior, 1972, on the parallel passage in Luke 20:9–19.

The owner of the grape farm	represents	God
The grape farm	represents	Israel and its people
The grape farmers	represent	the Jewish religious leaders
The servants	represent	God’s messengers or prophets
The son	represents	Jesus

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

The parable of the vineyard and its farmers

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard (GNT)

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 21:33–46 and Luke 20:9–19.

12:5a

He sent still another, and this one they killed.

After that, the owner sent another servant, and this servant they killed.
When that servant returned, the owner sent another servant, but as for that third servant, the men killed him.

In Greek this verse begins with the simple connector that is often translated as “and.” The story implies that the events of this verse happened sometime after the events of 12:4. The servant in 12:4 probably returned to his owner, and then the owner sent another servant. See 12:5a in the Display.

He sent still another: The clause He sent still another indicates that the owner again sent another servant to bring his share of the harvest to him. He had already sent more than one of his servants. The English word still or “yet” emphasizes this.

Here is another way to translate this:

So the owner sent a servant a third time

and this one they killed: In Greek the word order emphasizes this particular servant. The BSB and RSV express this emphasis by putting the phrase “this one” first in the clause. The normal order in English would be, “and they killed him,” as in the CEV. Consider how to emphasize this servant in a natural way in your language.

12:5b

He sent many others;

After that, the owner sent many others of his servants to the grape farmers.
The owner continued to send many other servants, but the men who were farming his land kept on acting in the same way.

He sent many others: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as He sent many others is literally “and many others.” The BSB has supplied the words He sent to make the meaning clear. The owner sent many more of his servants to the grape farmers to try to get his share of the grape harvest. The NRSV translates this as:

And so it was with many others

12:5c

some they beat and others they killed.

The farmers beat some of them repeatedly, and they killed others.
They beat some of the owners’ servants and killed others of his servants.

some they beat and others they killed: In this part of the verse the normal word order in English would be, “They beat some and killed others,” as in the CEV. The BSB has followed the Greek word order here. Use a natural order in your language.

beat: The Greek word that the BSB translates as beat means to strike, whip, or beat repeatedly. Refer to how you translated this same word in 12:3a.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἄλλον & πολλοὺς ἄλλους

another & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἄλλον ἀπέστειλεν κἀκεῖνον ἀπέκτειναν καί πολλούς ἄλλους οὕς μέν δέροντες οὕς δέ ἀποκτέννοντες)

Jesus is using the adjectives another and others as nouns to mean another servant and other servants. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: [another one of his servants … many more of his servants]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

καὶ πολλοὺς ἄλλους

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἄλλον ἀπέστειλεν κἀκεῖνον ἀπέκτειναν καί πολλούς ἄλλους οὕς μέν δέροντες οὕς δέ ἀποκτέννοντες)

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Jesus could be implying that many others: (1) were sent by the man. Alternate translation: [and he sent many others] (2) were harmed by the farmers. Alternate translation: [and they harmed many others]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὓς μὲν δέροντες, οὓς δὲ ἀποκτέννοντες

Here Jesus implies that the farmers were beating some servants and were killing other servants. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [but the farmers beat some and killed others]

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

12:1-12 The events of 11:27–12:44 all take place in the Temple (see 11:27; 13:1). This story (literally parable) is intimately tied to the previous question about Jesus’ authority (11:27-33) by the introductory words, Then Jesus began teaching them. This parable is an extended reply by Jesus to the religious leaders.
• Jesus intended his audience to interpret this parable in light of Isa 5:1-7, a similar story of someone planting a vineyard, building a lookout tower, putting a fence around the vineyard, and digging a pit for a wine vat. A similar question is asked: What do you suppose the owner of the vineyard will do? (Mark 12:9; cp. Isa 5:4). Isaiah specifically identifies the vineyard as the people of Israel (Isa 5:7); Jesus’ hearers and Mark’s readers would similarly have understood the present story as an allegory about the Israelites. Other details in the story are also clearly meant to be interpreted allegorically: The tenants represent the leaders of Israel; the owner represents God; the servants represent the Old Testament prophets; the beloved son represents Jesus, the Son of God; the murder of the son represents Jesus’ crucifixion; and the giving of the vineyard to others represents the judgment coming upon Israel (Mark 11:15-17; 13:1-37). The interpretation would have been more clear to Mark’s readers than to Jesus’ original audience, but the religious leaders who were Jesus’ contemporaries understood it clearly enough that they sought to kill him (12:12).

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. And
2. So
3. 25320
4. S
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y33
11. 32506
1. he sent out
2. -
3. 6490
5. apostellō
6. V-IAA3··S
7. ˱he˲ sent_out
8. ˱he˲ sent_out
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32509
1. another
2. -
3. 2430
5. allos
6. R-····AMS
7. another
8. another
9. -
10. Y33; F32511
11. 32508
1. and that one
2. -
3. 25480
5. kakeinos
6. R-····AMS
7. and_that ‹one›
8. and_that ‹one›
9. -
10. Y33; R32508
11. 32511
1. they killed off
2. -
3. 6150
5. apokteinō
6. V-IAA3··P
7. ˱they˲ killed_off
8. ˱they˲ killed_off
9. -
10. Y33; R32464
11. 32512
1. and
2. -
3. 25320
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32513
1. many
2. -
3. 41830
5. pollos
6. A-····AMP
7. many
8. many
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32514
1. others
2. -
3. 2430
5. allos
6. R-····AMP
7. others
8. others
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32515
1. on one hand
2. -
3. 33030
5. men
6. C-·······
7. on_one_hand
8. on_one_hand
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32519
1. beating
2. -
3. 11940
5. derō
6. V-PPA·NMP
7. beating
8. beating
9. -
10. Y33; R32464
11. 32520
1. some
2. -
3. 37390
5. hos
6. R-····AMP
7. some
8. some
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32516
1. on the other hand
2. -
3. 11610
5. de
6. C-·······
7. on_the_other_hand
8. on_the_other_hand
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32524
1. killing
2. -
3. 6150
5. apoktennō
6. V-PPA·NMP
7. killing_off
8. killing_off
9. -
10. Y33; R32464
11. 32525
1. some
2. -
3. 37390
5. hos
6. R-····AMP
7. some
8. some
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32522
1. off
2. -
3. 6150
5. apoktennō
6. V-PPA·NMP
7. killing_off
8. killing_off
9. -
10. Y33; R32464
11. 32525

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear MARK 12:5

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 12:1–12: Jesus told a parable about some evil grape farmers

12:5a

12:5b

12:5c

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)