The Meaning of Mark 12:16 Explained

Mark 12:16

KJV: And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

YLT: and they brought, and he saith to them, 'Whose is this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, 'Caesar's;'

Darby: And they brought it. And he says to them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.

ASV: And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

Discover Mark 12:16

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Mark 12:16?

MEANING: What does Mark 12:16 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Mark 12:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Mark 12:16?

What is the context of Mark 12:16?

God and Caesar (Mark 12:13-17)
Taxes for Caesar (Mark 12:13-17)
A Question about Paying Taxes (Mark 12:13-17)
Paying Taxes to Caesar (Mark 12:13-17)
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar .( H .) (Mark 12:13-17)
The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar? (Mark 12:13-17)
Jesus Answers the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes (Mark 12:13-40)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they brought [it]. And he saith unto them, Whose [is] this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

What does Mark 12:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Mark 12:1-27 - Jesus Silences His Enemies

Our Lord reviews the history of the theocracy. He recounts the long roll of God's servants who had been persecuted and misused from the first to the last, including Himself. In doing so, He openly implied that He was the Son of God and made the Pharisees realize how clearly He foresaw the fate which they were preparing for Him. They were accustomed to apply Psalms 118:22 to the Messiah, and recognized at once what Jesus meant, when He claimed it as an emblem of His own rejection.

How admirably our Lord defined the relations of His Kingdom to the civil power! If we accept Caesar's protection and ordered government we are bound to maintain it by money payment and such other service as conscience permits. This indeed is part of our duty to God; and with equal care we must give Him the dues of the spiritual world.

Jesus silenced the Sadducees by a quotation from the Pentateuch, whose authority they admitted. God could not be the God of persons not in existence. Therefore since He used the present tense of His relationship with the patriarchs in speaking to Moses three hundred years after their death, they must have been still in existence. [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 12

¹ Jesus tells the parable of the tenants
¹³ He avoids the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar;
¹⁸ convicts the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection;
²⁸ resolves the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment;
³⁵ refutes the opinion that the scribes held of the Christ;
³⁸ bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy;
⁴¹ and commends the poor widow for her two mites, above all

Greek Commentary for Mark 12:16

Image and superscription []
See on Matthew 22:20. [source]

What do the individual words in Mark 12:16 mean?

- And they brought [it] And He says to them Whose [is] the likeness this inscription they said to Him Caesar’s

οἱ δὲ ἤνεγκαν καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς Τίνος ἡ εἰκὼν αὕτη ἐπιγραφή εἶπαν αὐτῷ Καίσαρος

οἱ	-
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἤνεγκαν	they brought [it]
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: φέρω Sense: to carry.
λέγει	He says
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to say, to speak.
αὐτοῖς	to them
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
Τίνος	Whose [is]
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: τίς Sense: who, which, what.
εἰκὼν	likeness
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: εἰκών Sense: an image, figure, likeness.
αὕτη	this
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this.
ἐπιγραφή	inscription
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ἐπιγραφή Sense: an inscription, title.
εἶπαν	they said
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say.
αὐτῷ	to Him
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
Καίσαρος	Caesar’s
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Καῖσαρ Sense: the surname of Julius Caesar, which adopted by Octavius Augustus and his successors afterwards became a title, and was appropriated by the Roman emperors as part of their title.

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Similar Scriptures for Mark 12:16

		Matthew 22:19-22 [2]
		Revelation 3:12 [2]
		2 Timothy 2:19 [2]
		Luke 20:24-26 [2]