Mark 12:2

At harvest time he sent a slave ¹  to the tenants to collect from them ²  his portion of the crop. ³ 

Jud 6:8-10; 2Ki 17:13; 2Ch 36:15; Ezr 9:11; Ps 1:3; Jer 25:4,5; Jer 35:15; Jer 44:4; Mic 7:1; Zec 1:3-6; Zec 7:7; Mt 21:34; Lu 12:48; Lu 20:10; Joh 15:1-8; Heb 1:1

¹ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 10:44.

sn This slave (along with the others) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected.

² tn Grk “from the tenants,” but this is redundant in English, so the pronoun (“them”) was used in the translation.

³ tn Grk “from the fruits of the vineyard.”