Mark - 12:6



6 Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 12:6.

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Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
Therefore having yet one son, most dear to him; he also sent him unto them last of all, saying: They will reverence my son.
Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.
Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last to them, saying, They will reverence my son.
Having yet therefore one son, his beloved, he sent also him unto them last, saying, They will reverence my son;
He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "'They will treat my son with respect.'
He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.
He had one left, a beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
Therefore, having still one son, most dear to him, he sent him also to them, at the very end, saying, 'For they will reverence my son.'
He had still one son, who was very dear to him; and him he sent to them last of all. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Having yet therefore one son, his well beloved,.... The Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the one, and only Son of God his Father, his only begotten Son, for he has no other Son in the same way of filiation; and who is his dear Son, the Son of his love, who was loved by him before the foundation of the world; and whom he declared to be his beloved Son, both at his baptism, and at his transfiguration upon the mount, by a voice from heaven: this Son he having with him, in his bosom, as one brought up with him, and rejoicing before him,
he sent him also last unto them; after all the prophets had been with them, when the last days were come, the end of the Jewish state, civil and ecclesiastical; see Hebrews 1:1;
saying, they will reverence my son. The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "perhaps they will reverence my son", as in Luke 20:13; See Gill on Matthew 21:37.

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