Mark 12:11

This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(11) This was the Lord’s doing.—Better, This was from the Lord. The pronoun in the Greek is in the feminine, agreeing with the “head of the corner.”

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:1-12 Christ showed in parables, that he would lay aside the Jewish church. It is sad to think what base usage God's faithful ministers have met with in all ages, from those who have enjoyed the privileges of the church, but have not brought forth fruit answerable. God at length sent his Son, his Well-beloved; and it might be expected that he whom their Master loved, they also should respect and love; but instead of honouring him because he was the Son and Heir, they therefore hated him. But the exaltation of Christ was the Lord's doing; and it is his doing to exalt him in our hearts, and to set up his throne there; and if this be done, it cannot but be marvellous in our eyes. The Scriptures, and faithful preachers, and the coming of Christ in the flesh, call on us to render due praise to God in our lives. Let sinners beware of a proud, carnal spirit; if they revile or despise the preachers of Christ, they would have done so their Master, had they lived when he was upon earth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

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

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 12

Mr 12:1-12. Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen. ( = Mt 21:33-46; Lu 20:9-18).

See on [1481]Mt 21:33-46.

Matthew Poole's Commentary

See Poole on "Mark 12:1"

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes. That is, the exaltation of the Messiah, after he had been so ill treated, and at last put to death by the Jews. These words are a continuation of the passage cited out of Psalm 118:22.

Geneva Study Bible

This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)

Expositor's Greek Testament

Mark 12:11. παρὰ κυρίου, etc., from or through the Lord it (the rejected stone) became this very thing (αὕτη), viz., the head of the corner—κεφαλὴ γωνίας.

Mark 12:11

Vincent's Word Studies

The Lord's doing (παρὰ κυρίου)

Lit., from the Lord.