Sending the Well-Beloved Son - Mark 12:6

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”, and in chapter twelve and verse six of his book, Mark shared how Jesus said the owner of the vineyard, “having yet therefore one son … sent him” where we read:

Having yet therefore one son, his well- beloved,

he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

The verse reads, “Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, ...” Mark began with the words, “having yet therefore” which means “and still then and wherefore the lord of the vineyard had” “one son” or “a single male offspring and progeny”, “his well-beloved” which means “whom the lord of the vineyard esteemed, counted dear, was his favorite and worthy of love”. Mark shared how the “lord of the vineyard” had “one son” whom he loved dearly.

The verse continues, “he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.” Mark added the words, “he sent him also” which means “the lord of the vineyard dismissed, allowed to depart and appointed” “last unto them” or “finally or at the end to the husbandmen”, “saying” which means “uttering, declaring and proclaiming”, “they will reverence” or “the husbandmen will honor, regard and respect” “my son” which refers to “the lord of the vineyard's male offspring”. Mark shared how the “lord of the vineyard” surmised that the “husbandmen” in his “field” would “honor and respect” his son.

When we meditate upon Mark's words in this verse, we see how persistent the “lord of the vineyard” was to receive “fruit” from his field. Though the “husbandmen” beat and killed his servants, the “lord of the vineyard” believed they would never “mistreat” his “well-beloved” son. We shall see what they do with his son in the next verse, but for now let us notice how this “parable” of Jesus is concerning the “God, His world, His prophets, His ministers” and His “only begotten Son Jesus”. Those who are wise will see the correlation and ask themselves, “what have I done with the owner of the “vineyards” Son?

Next time Mark shares how Jesus said the husbandmen, “said among themselves, this is the heir; come, let us kill him” so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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