Mark 12:3 (YLT)

Passage

and they, having taken him, did severely beat <FI>him<Fi> , and did send him away empty.

Nearby Context

Mark 12:1 And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

Mark 12:2 and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,

Mark 12:3 and they, having taken him, did severely beat <FI>him<Fi> , and did send him away empty.

Mark 12:4 `And again he sent unto them another servant, and at that one having cast stones, they wounded <FI>him<Fi> in the head, and sent away--dishonoured.

Mark 12:5 `And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "taken", "severely", "beat", "send", "away", and "empty". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "taken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "and he sent unto the husbandmen at..." into verse 4's "And again he sent unto them another...", so "having" and "taken" 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 "having" and "taken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.