"The parable of the vineyard and the tenants" surely has a double bottom, or even three-double.
Mark 12:1,
Mark 12:12,
They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them . So they left him and went away.
Now you might consider Mark 4:10-12,
"They" (= the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders, Mark 11:27) knew that it was directed against them. But that doesn't mean that they did understand the parable.
The parable needs explanation, Mark 4:33-34,
In private = κατ' ἰδίαν --
Same in Mark 13:3,
Καὶ καθημένου αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ Ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν κατέναντι τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐπηρώτα αὐτὸν κατ' ἰδίαν Πέτρος καὶ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης καὶ Ἀνδρέας
Next you might consider that Mark must have been written after the year 70AD.
"Those outside" (Mark 4:11) only reckon with historical events.
For them the vineyard is an historical state.
While if you read well the vineyard stands for the whole of creation.
Isaiah 5:7,
Isaiah 5:1,
I will now sing for my beloved the song of my beloved about his vineyard; my beloved had a vineyard in a fertile corner.
http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_...showrashi=true
Matthew was written after Mark.
Matthew 13:10-11,
v.10 Greek:
cf. Matthew 24:3,
Matthew above Mark has:
Matthew 23:35-36,
"This generation " of Mark 13:30 ...
"the blood that was shed" -- compared to the wine in Matthew 26:28,
it being "the fruit of the vine" in the vineyard of the Lord...
"Forgivenes of sins" --
After Deuteronomy 8:8 the vine "gefen" is growart belonging to the third day.
Third day (Genesis 1: 9-13) first is the drawing together in one place of the water that was beneath the heaven -- מִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם, "mikveh hamayim" -- i.e. the baptism of John ; i.e. "a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. " (Mark 1:4)
Third day next the vegetation. Where God asked for "fruit trees producing fruit" (v.11) the earth brought forth "trees producing fruit" (v.12) of which God saw that it was good, "tov" - this "tov"being the 153rd word from the beginning -- the mystery of the forgiveness of sin --
Mark 12:1,
And he began to speak to them in parables.
Mark 12:12,
They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them . So they left him and went away.
Now you might consider Mark 4:10-12,
"They" (= the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders, Mark 11:27) knew that it was directed against them. But that doesn't mean that they did understand the parable.
The parable needs explanation, Mark 4:33-34,
With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it. Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.
In private = κατ' ἰδίαν --
Same in Mark 13:3,
Καὶ καθημένου αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ Ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν κατέναντι τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐπηρώτα αὐτὸν κατ' ἰδίαν Πέτρος καὶ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης καὶ Ἀνδρέας
And him sitting on the mount of Olives opposite the temple they asked him in private, Peter and James abd John and Andrew.
Next you might consider that Mark must have been written after the year 70AD.
"Those outside" (Mark 4:11) only reckon with historical events.
For them the vineyard is an historical state.
While if you read well the vineyard stands for the whole of creation.
Isaiah 5:7,
[For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the House of Israel, and the people of Judah are the plant of His joy; and He hoped for justice, and, behold, there was injustice; for righteousness, and behold, an outcry.
Isaiah 5:1,
I will now sing for my beloved the song of my beloved about his vineyard; my beloved had a vineyard in a fertile corner.
http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_...showrashi=true
My beloved had a vineyard. A vineyard: This [alludes to] Adam.
My beloved: This is the Holy One, blessed be He.
In a fertile corner: in the Garden of Eden.
My beloved: This is the Holy One, blessed be He.
In a fertile corner: in the Garden of Eden.
Matthew 13:10-11,
v.10 Greek:
Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, Διὰ τί ἐν παραβολαῖς λαλεῖς αὐτοῖς;
cf. Matthew 24:3,
Καθημένου δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ὄρους τῶν Ἐλαιῶν προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ κατ' ἰδίαν λέγοντες,
And him sitting on the mount of Olives the disciples approached him in private saying ..Matthew above Mark has:
Matthew 23:35-36,
so that there may come upon you all the righteous blood shed upon earth, from the righteous blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Amen, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
"This generation " of Mark 13:30 ...
"the blood that was shed" -- compared to the wine in Matthew 26:28,
for this is my blood of the covenant, that has been shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.
it being "the fruit of the vine" in the vineyard of the Lord...
"Forgivenes of sins" --
After Deuteronomy 8:8 the vine "gefen" is growart belonging to the third day.
Third day (Genesis 1: 9-13) first is the drawing together in one place of the water that was beneath the heaven -- מִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם, "mikveh hamayim" -- i.e. the baptism of John ; i.e. "a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. " (Mark 1:4)
Third day next the vegetation. Where God asked for "fruit trees producing fruit" (v.11) the earth brought forth "trees producing fruit" (v.12) of which God saw that it was good, "tov" - this "tov"being the 153rd word from the beginning -- the mystery of the forgiveness of sin --
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