King James Version
Mark 12:6 in the King James Version says “Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.” — study this verse from Mark chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.”
Mark 12:6 · KJV
And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“Having”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“he sent”
G649set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“unto”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“They will reverence”
G1788to invert, i.e., (figuratively and reflexively) in a good sense, to respect; or in a bad one, to confound
“son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
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