MARK 12:4 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And again he sent to them another servant, and that one they wounded in the head and treated shamefully.

UST After that, the man told another servant to go to the people who were taking care of the vineyard. However, they beat this servant on the head and insulted him.

12:4 CT does not include casting stones.

12:4 CT does not include and sent him away.

BLB And again he sent to them another servant, and him they struck on the head, and treated shamefully.

AICNT And again he sent another servant to them; and {him they struck on the head and treated shamefully}.[fn]

12:4, him they struck on the head and treated shamefully: Some manuscripts read “and they threw stones at him, wounded him, and sent him away, treated shamefully.”

OEB A second time the owner sent a servant to them; this man, too, the tenants struck on the head, and insulted.

WEBBE Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

LSV And again he sent to them another servant, and having cast stones at that one, they wounded [him] in the head, and sent [him] away—dishonored.

FBV So the man sent another servant. They hit him over the head and abused him.

TCNT Again he sent to them another servant, and they [fn]threw stones at him, struck him on the head, and [fn]sent him away after dishonoring him.

12:4 threw stones at him, struck him on the head, ¦ struck him on the head CT

12:4 sent him away after dishonoring ¦ dishonored CT

T4T Later the one who owned the vineyard sent another servant to them. But they beat that one on his head, and they insulted him.

LEB And again he sent to them another slave, and that one they struck on the head and dishonored.

BBE And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.

Moff Once more he sent them another servant; him they knocked on the head and insulted.

Wymth Again he sent to them another servant: and as for him, they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully.

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

DRA And again he sent to them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and used him reproachfully.

YLT 'And again he sent unto them another servant, and at that one having cast stones, they wounded [him] in the head, and sent away — dishonoured.

Drby And again he sent to them another bondman; and [at] him they [threw stones, and] struck [him] on the head, and sent [him] away with insult.

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

SLT And again he sent to them another servant; and having stoned the same they treated in a summary manner, and sent away despised.

Wbstr And again, he sent to them another servant: and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 And againe, hee sent vnto them another seruant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And moreouer, he sent vnto them another seruaunt: and at hym they cast stones, and brake his head, and sent him away agayne, all to reuiled.
(And moreover/what’s_more, he sent unto them another servant: and at him they cast stones, and brake his head, and sent him away again, all to reviled.)

Gnva And againe he sent vnto them another seruant, and at him they cast stones, and brake his head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
(And again he sent unto them another servant, and at him they cast stones, and brake his head, and sent him away shamefully handled. )

Cvdl Agayne, he sent vnto them another seruaunt, whom they stoned, and brake his heade, and sent him awaye shamefully dealt withall.
(Again, he sent unto them another servant, whom they stoned, and brake his head, and sent him away shamefully dealt also/fully.)

TNT And moreoever he sent vnto them another servaunt and at him they cast stones and brake his heed and sent him agayne all to revyled.
(And moreoever he sent unto them another servant and at him they cast stones and brake his heed and sent him again all to revyled. )

Wycl And eftsoone he sente to hem anothir seruaunt, and thei woundiden hym in the heed, and turmentiden hym.
(And soon_afterward he sent to hem another servant, and they wounded him in the heed, and tormenteden him.)

Luth Abermal sandte er zu ihnen einen andern Knecht; demselben zerwarfen sie den Kopf mit Steinen und ließen ihn geschmähet von sich.
(Butmal sent he to/for to_them a change servant/farmhand; the_same zerwarfen they/she/them the head(n) with stones(n) and leave/let him/it reviled from itself/yourself/themselves.)

ClVg Et iterum misit ad illos alium servum: et illum in capite vulneraverunt, et contumeliis affecerunt.
(And again he_sent to those another a_servant: and him in/into/on head vulneraverunt, and contumeliis affecerunt. )

UGNT καὶ πάλιν ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἄλλον δοῦλον, κἀκεῖνον ἐκεφαλίωσαν καὶ ἠτίμασαν.
(kai palin apesteilen pros autous allon doulon, kakeinon ekefaliōsan kai aʸtimasan.)

SBL-GNT καὶ πάλιν ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἄλλον δοῦλον· ⸀κἀκεῖνον ⸀ἐκεφαλίωσαν καὶ ⸀ἠτίμασαν.
(kai palin apesteilen pros autous allon doulon; ⸀kakeinon ⸀ekefaliōsan kai ⸀aʸtimasan.)

RP-GNT Καὶ πάλιν ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἄλλον δοῦλον· κἀκεῖνον λιθοβολήσαντες ἐκεφαλαίωσαν, καὶ ἀπέστειλαν ἠτιμωμένον.
(Kai palin apesteilen pros autous allon doulon; kakeinon lithobolaʸsantes ekefalaiōsan, kai apesteilan aʸtimōmenon.)

TC-GNT Καὶ πάλιν ἀπέστειλε πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἄλλον δοῦλον· κἀκεῖνον [fn]λιθοβολήσαντες [fn]ἐκεφαλαίωσαν, καὶ [fn]ἀπέστειλαν ἠτιμωμένον.
(Kai palin apesteile pros autous allon doulon; kakeinon lithobolaʸsantes ekefalaiōsan, kai apesteilan aʸtimōmenon. )

12:4 λιθοβολησαντες ¦ — CT

12:4 εκεφαλαιωσαν ¦ εκεφαλιωσαν CT

12:4 απεστειλαν ητιμωμενον ¦ ητιμασαν CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN 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.

12:4a

Then he sent them another servant,

Then the owner sent another of his servants to the grape farmers.
After the first servant returned, the owner sent another servant to bring him his share of the harvest from the men.

Then he sent them another servant: There is implied information here. It is implied that the first servant returned to the owner of the grape farm and told him what had happened. After that the owner sent another servant to the grape farmers to try to get his share of the harvest.

12:4b

and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.

They hit that man repeatedly on his head with a stick/cane and humiliated him.
When that servant came to the farmers, they beat him on the head and mistreated him.

and they struck him over the head: There is a textual issue in 12:4b. Some Greek manuscripts have the phrase “having stoned him” at the beginning of this clause. (1) Some Greek manuscripts do not have this phrase. For example, the RSV says: “they wounded him in the head” (BSB, NIV, GNT, RSV, NJB, NET, NASB, REB, ESV, GW, NLT, CEV, JBP, NCV). (2) Other Greek manuscripts have the phrase they cast stones. For example, the KJV says: “and at him they cast stones, and wounded [him] in the head” (KJV). It is recommended that you follow option (1). The Greek word that the BSB translates as struck…over the head implies that the grape farmers hit the servant repeatedly on the head. It may also mean that they wounded him in the head. Some languages use different words for hitting with the fist and hitting with a hard object. If that is true in your language, you may use a word that means “hit/beat with a cane or stick.”

and treated him shamefully: The phrase treated him shamefully indicates that the grape farmers mistreated the owner’s servant and insulted him. They acted and spoke in a way that humiliated the servant. By doing this, the grape farmers showed that they also did not respect his master, the owner of the grape farm.

Parallel MARK 12:4

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

12:4a

12:4b