Mark 12:3
And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
Mark 12:3 in other translations
| BSB | But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. |
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| WEB | They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty. |
| ASV | And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. |
| YLT | and they, having taken him, did severely beat him, and did send him away empty. |
| DARBY | But they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. |
| BBE | And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing. |
| Webster | And they caught him, and beat him and sent him away empty. |
What does Mark 12:3 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 12:1-12
Christ showed in parables, that he would lay aside the Jewish church. It is sad to think what base usage God's faithful ministers have met with in all ages, from those who have enjoyed the privileges of the church, but have not brought forth fruit answerable. God at length sent his Son, his Well-beloved; and it might be expected that he whom their Master loved, they also should respect and love; but instead of…
Mark 12:3 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 12:3
- 2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
- Jeremiah 26:20-24
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath–jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. …
- Hebrews 11:36-37
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
- Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
- Jeremiah 29:26
The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
- Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
- Daniel 9:10-11
Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
- Jeremiah 44:16
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.
- Luke 11:47-51
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; …
- Luke 13:33-34
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
- 1 Kings 22:27
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 18:4,13; 19:10,14; 22:27; 2Ch 16:10; 24:19-21; 36:16; Ne 9:26
Jer 2:30; 20:2; 26:20-24; 29:26; 37:15,16; 38:4-6; Mt 23:34-37
Lu 11:47-51; 13:33,34; Ac 7:52; 1Th 2:15; Heb 11:36,37
and sent.
Jer 44:4,5,16; Da 9:10,11; Zec 7:9-13; Lu 20:10-12
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Context
- Mark 12:2
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
- Mark 12:3
And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
- Mark 12:4
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.
Mark 12:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas ellos, tomándole, le hirieron, y le enviaron vacío. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais eux, le prenant, le battirent et le renvoyèrent à vide. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie aber nahmen ihn, schlugen ihn und sandten ihn leer fort. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui apprehensum eum ceciderunt, et dimiserunt vacuum. |