Mark 12:11

11 This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

Mark 12:11 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 12:11

This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our
eyes.
] That is, the exaltation of the Messiah, after he had been so ill treated, and at last put to death by the Jews. These words are a continuation of the passage cited out of ( Psalms 118:22 Psalms 118:23 ) .

Mark 12:11 In-Context

9 What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenant farmers and give the vineyard to others.

10 Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}.

11 This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

12 And they were seeking to arrest him, and they were afraid of the crowd, because they knew that he had told the parable with reference to them. And they left him [and] went away.

13 And they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him so that they could catch him unawares in a statement.

Footnotes

• [a]. A quotation from Ps 118:22-23