Mar 12:2-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 12:2-5: 12:2-5 The time of the grape harvest probably refers to the time, some four years after planting, when a new vineyard would produce its first harvest. The owner’s share of the crop would have been a quantity of grapes or wine, given in payment for the lease of the vineyard. • In the Old Testament, prophets are often referred to as servants (Jer 7:25-26 ; Amos 3:7 ; Zech 1:6 ); they were repeatedly mistreated and killed by Israelite leaders (1 Kgs 18:13 ; 19:10 , 14 ; 2 Chr 24:20-27 ; 36:15-16 ; Jer 26:20-23 ; Neh 9:26 ; see Matt 23:34 , 37 ; 1 Thes 2:15 ).

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‏ Mark 12:2-5

Summary for Mark 12:2-5: 12:2-5 ^a The time of the grape harvest probably refers to the time, some four years after planting, when a new vineyard would produce its first harvest. The owner’s share of the crop would have been a quantity of grapes or wine, given in payment for the lease of the vineyard.

• In the Old Testament, prophets are often referred to as servants (Jer 7:25-26 ^b; Amos 3:7 ^c; Zech 1:6 ^d); they were repeatedly mistreated and killed by Israelite leaders (1 Kgs 18:13 ^e; 19:10 ^f, 14 ^g; 2 Chr 24:20-27 ^h; 36:15-16 ⁱ; Jer 26:20-23 ^j; Neh 9:26 ^k; see Matt 23:34 ^l, 37 ^m; 1 Thes 2:15 ⁿ).