Mark 12:3

And they caught him,.... This clause is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions, though it seems proper to be retained; and denotes the rudeness and violence with which the prophets of the Lord…

See this parable explained in the notes at Mat 21:33-46. See this parable explained in the notes at Mat 21:33-46.

Christ had formerly in parables showed how he designed to set up the gospel church; now he begins in parables to show how he would lay aside the Jewish church, which it might have been grafted into…

they caught him The gradual growth of the outrage is clearly traced: (i) The first servant they "caught, beat, and sent away empty;" (ii) at the second they "cast stones, and wounded him in the head,…