What Does Mark 12:7 Mean?

“those”

that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed

“But”

but, and, etc

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“husbandmen”

a land-worker, i.e., farmer

“said”

to speak or say (by word or writing)

“among”

a 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,

“themselves”

(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc

“This”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

the he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated)

“is”

he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the heir”

a sharer by lot, i.e., inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor

“come”

come hither!

“let us kill”

to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy

“him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“ours”

of (or from) us

“shall be”

will be

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the inheritance”

heirship, i.e., (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession