Mark wrote how Jesus, “began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and dug a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. 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. And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. Having yet therefore one son, his well- beloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son”, and in chapter twelve and verse seven of his book, Mark shared how Jesus said the husbandmen, “said among themselves, this is the heir; come, let us kill him” where we read:
But those husbandmen said among themselves,
This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
The verse reads, “But those husbandmen said among themselves, ...” Mark began with the words, “But those husbandmen” which means “however, nonetheless, notwithstanding, moreover and the tillers of the soil and vine dressers” “said” or “uttered, declared and proclaimed” “among themselves” which means “among the husbandmen to their own selves”. Mark shared how “the husbandmen” began to discuss this “son” who was sent by the “lord of the vineyard”.
The verse goes on to say, “This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.” Mark continued with the words, “This is the heir” which means “this person is the one who receives his allotted possession by right of sonship”; “let us kill him” or “let we husbandmen destroy, extinguish, abolish and inflict mortal death upon the son”, “and the inheritance” which means “and that which is given as a possession, property received or patrimony” “shall be ours” or “will be the husbandmen's”. Mark shared how the “husbandmen” determined if they “killed” the “lord of the vineyard's son”, they would “receive” the “son's” “inheritance” themselves.
When we think through Mark's words in this verse, we discover the motive and drive of these “husbandmen”. They wanted the “fruit”. They wanted the “vineyard”, and they wanted anything that was rightfully the owner of the “vineyard's” which would eventually be given to his “son”. The “husbandmen's” desire was so strong, they would “kill” the “owner's son” to have it. God owns everything, and His Son Jesus was granted all when He died upon the cross and was resurrected three days later. Though men attempted to “eliminate and destroy” Him, Jesus is the “King of Kings” and “Lord of Lords”. Those who are wise will see what Jesus meant by this “parable” and yield themselves to Him who the “heir” of the “vineyard” and is “worthy” of all things in both Heaven and earth.
Next time Mark shares how Jesus said the husbandmen, “took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard” so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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