Bible Strands
Mark 12:6
Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the chief priests and scribes, recounting the landowner’s final action in the parable after the tenants killed his previous messengers.
The words — The text highlights ἀγαπητὸν (agapēton), meaning “beloved,” and ἀπέστειλεν (apesteilen), meaning “he sent,” describing the owner’s deliberate dispatch of his unique heir.
The thread — The designation appears in Matthew 3:17 and John 1:34 as heavenly and prophetic identifications of the Son, while Hebrews 1:1 frames this final sending as the culmination of God’s prior speech through the prophets.
Why it lands — The narrative presents the landowner’s expectation that the tenants will respect the son, requiring the listener to confront whether they will honor or destroy the final authority offered to them.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
Cross-references
- Matthew 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- Hebrews 1:1 On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
- John 1:34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
- Genesis 22:2 “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
- Genesis 22:12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
- Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
- Psalms 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
- Isaiah 42:1 “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
- Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- Matthew 11:27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.