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Green's Literal Translation

Mark 12:5

And again, he sent another, and they killed that one; also many others, indeed beating these, and killing these.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Capital and Labor;   Church;   God Continued...;   Husbandman;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Lease;   Malfeasance in Office;   Prophets;   Reproof;   Self-Condemnation;   Servant;   Unfaithfulness;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Capital and Labour;   Labour;   Labour Troubles;   Land;   Real Estate;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rebellion against God;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Death of Christ;   Faith;   Kill, Killing;   Mission;   Suffering;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Agriculture;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Parables;   Patience;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mss;   Peter, First Epistle of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Allegory;   Corner-Stone ;   Fellowship (2);   Husbandman ;   Justice (2);   Lord's Supper. (I.);   Parable;   Preaching Christ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mark, the Gospel According to;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he sent another, and they killed that one. He also sent many others; some they beat, and others they killed.
King James Version (1611)
And againe, he sent another, and him they killed: and many others, beating some, and killing some.
King James Version
And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
English Standard Version
And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed.
New American Standard Bible
"And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others.
New Century Version
So the man sent another servant, whom they killed. The man sent many other servants; the farmers beat some of them and killed others.
Amplified Bible
"And he sent another, and that one they killed; then many others—some they beat and some they killed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others.
Berean Standard Bible
He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.
Contemporary English Version
Then the man sent another servant, and they killed him. He kept sending servant after servant. They beat some of them and killed others.
Complete Jewish Bible
He sent another one, and him they killed; and so with many others — some they beat up, others they killed.
Darby Translation
And [again] he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the man sent another servant. The farmers killed this servant. The man sent many other servants to the farmers. The farmers beat some of them and killed the others.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And againe he sent another, and him they slew, & many other, beating some, & killing some.
George Lamsa Translation
And again he sent another, but they killed him; and he sent many other servants, some of them they beat, and some they killed.
Good News Translation
The owner sent another slave, and they killed him; and they treated many others the same way, beating some and killing others.
Lexham English Bible
And he sent another, and that one they killed. And he sent many others, some of whom they beat and some of whom they killed.
American Standard Version
And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.
Bible in Basic English
And he sent another; and they put him to death: and a number of others, whipping some, and putting some to death.
Hebrew Names Version
Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.
International Standard Version
Then the manhe
">[fn] sent another, and that one they killed. So it was with many other servants.with many others
">[fn] Some of these they beat, and others they killed.
Etheridge Translation
And he sent again another, and him they killed; and many other servants he sent, and of them they beat, (and) of them they killed.
Murdock Translation
And again he sent another; and him they killed. And he sent many other servants, some of whom they beat, and some they killed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And agayne, he sent another, and hym they kylled: and many other, beatyng some, and kyllyng some.
English Revised Version
And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.
World English Bible
Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
Weymouth's New Testament
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eftsoone he sente another, and thei slowen hym, and othir mo, betynge summe, and sleynge othere.
Update Bible Version
And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.
Webster's Bible Translation
And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
New English Translation
He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.
New King James Version
And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
New Living Translation
The next servant he sent was killed. Others he sent were either beaten or killed,
New Life Bible
Again the owner sent another servant. The farmers killed that one. Many other servants were sent. They beat some and they killed others.
New Revised Standard
Then he sent another, and that one they killed. And so it was with many others; some they beat, and others they killed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And another sent he forth; and, him, they slew. And many others; some, indeed beating, and, others, slaying.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And again he sent another, and him they killed: and many others, of whom some they beat, and others they killed.
Revised Standard Version
And he sent another, and him they killed; and so with many others, some they beat and some they killed.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And agayne he sent another and him they kylled: and many other beetynge some and kyllinge some.
Young's Literal Translation
`And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Agayne he sent another, whom they slew, and many other: some they bett, and some they put to death.
Mace New Testament (1729)
then he sent another, whom they killed: and of several more, some they beat, some they killed.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The next cowboy the rancher sent was even killed. Still, the rancher sent hand after hand to get what was owed and right. They beat or killed every single one.

Contextual Overview

1 And He began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard, and set a fence around it ," and dug a winevat, "and built a tower." And he rented it to vinedressers and went away. Isa. 5:1, 2 2 And at the season, he sent a slave to the vinedressers, that he might receive from the vinedressers the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But taking him, they beat him , and sent him away empty. 4 And again he sent to them another slave; stoning that one, they struck him in the head and sent him away, insulting him. 5 And again, he sent another, and they killed that one; also many others, indeed beating these, and killing these. 6 Yet having one son, his own beloved, then he sent him to them also, last of all , saying, They will have respect for my son. 7 But these vinedressers said to themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours. 8 And taking him , they killed him and threw him outside the vineyard. 9 What, then, will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and will destroy the vinedressers and will give the vineyard to others. 10 Have you not even read this Scripture: The "Stone which the builders rejected, this One came to be Head of the Corner;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and him: Mark 9:13, Nehemiah 9:30, Jeremiah 7:25-28, Matthew 5:12, Matthew 21:35, Matthew 21:36, Matthew 22:6, Matthew 23:37, Luke 6:22, Luke 6:23, Luke 6:36

Reciprocal: Matthew 22:18 - Why

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, as far as Gaza, as you go in towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lasha.
Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, and Lot, Haran's son, his grandson and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife. And he went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and lived there.
Genesis 12:5
And Abram took his wife Sarai, and his brother's son, Lot, and all their substance that they had gained, and the persons they had gotten in Haran. And they went out to go into the land of Canaan. And they came into the land of Canaan.
Genesis 12:8
And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and stretched his tent with Bethel toward the sea, and Ai on the east. And he built an altar there to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.
Genesis 12:9
And Abram pulled up stakes , going on and pulling up stakes toward the Negeb.
Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was captured, even then he led out his trained men, born of his household, three hundred and eighteen. And they pursued as far as Dan.
Genesis 14:21
And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons and take the goods for yourself.
Acts 7:4
Then going out from the land of the Chaldeans, he lived in Haran. And after his father died, God moved him from there into this land in which you now live.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-46.

See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-46.


 
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