Mark 12:11 (GNV)

Passage

This was done of the Lord, and it is marueilous in our eyes.

Nearby Context

Mark 12:9 What shall then the Lord of the vineyard doe? He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and giue the vineyard to others.

Mark 12:10 Haue ye not read so much as this Scripture? The stone which the builders did refuse, is made the head of the corner.

Mark 12:11 This was done of the Lord, and it is marueilous in our eyes.

Mark 12:12 Then they went about to take him, but they feared the people: for they perceiued that he spake that parable against them: therefore they left him, and went their way.

Mark 12:13 And they sent vnto him certaine of the Pharises, and of ye Herodians that they might take him in his talke.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "done", "lord", "marueilous", and "eyes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "done" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Haue ye not read so much as..." into verse 12's "Then they went about to take him...", so "done" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "done" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.