“And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.”
He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed — the third and subsequent servants are killed. He sent many others — the prophetic series is comprehensive: the many others summarizes the entire history of prophetic rejection. Some were beaten; others were killed. The historical catalog is accurate: Zechariah son of Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:21), Urijah (Jeremiah 26:23), and the tradition of prophetic martyrdom that runs through Israel's history.
Church Fathers on Mark 12:5
After the Lord had closed the mouths of His tempters by a wise question, He next shews their wickedness in a parable.
God the Father is called a man by a human conception. The vineyard is the house of Israel; the hedge is the guardianship of Angels; the winefat is the law, the tower is the temple, and the husbandmen, the priests.
Or else, the hedge is the wall of the city, the winefat is the altar, or those winefats, by which three psalms receive their name.
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