Mark 12:11 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Mark 12:9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

Mark 12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

Mark 12:11 This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Mark 12:12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Mark 12:13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And have ye not read this scripture..." into verse 12's "And they sought to lay hold on...", so "lord" and "doing" 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 "lord" and "doing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.