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Matthew 13:20
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the Word, and anon with joy receiveth it.
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the Word, and anon with joy receiveth it.
Verse Matthew 13:20. _BUT HE THAT RECEIVED THE SEED INTO STONY PLACES - IS HE_] That is, is a fit emblem of that man who, hearing the Gospel, is affected with its beauty and excellency, and _immediate...
See also Mark 4:13; Luke 8:11. “Hear ye, therefore, the parable of the sower.” That is, hear the “explanation” or the “spiritual meaning” of the narrative given before. Mark adds Mark 4:13, “Know ye n...
II. THE REJECTED KINGDOM AND THE REJECTED KING. CHAPTER S 13-28. 1. The King at the Seaside. The Mysteries of the Kingdom. CHAPTER 13 1. The King at the Seaside. (Matthew 13:1 .) 2. The Parable of...
EXPLANATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Mark 4:13 *, Luke 8:11). Little need be added to what is said on p. 686. The parable no doubt reflects the experience of Jesus. Like the sower He, in His work...
MANY THINGS IN PARABLES (Matthew 13:1-58) Matthew 13:1-58 is a very important chapter in the pattern of the gospel. (i) It shows a definite turning-point in the ministry of Jesus. At the beginning of...
ANON. immediately. The same word as "by and by" in Matthew 13:21....
The Parable of the Tares. Confined to St Matthew 25. _while men slept_ i. e. during the night. The expression is not introduced into the Lord's explanation of the parable. _sowed tares_ Travellers m...
_anon_ = _immediately;_the same Greek word is translated _by and by_in the next verse. Cp. "Then I will come to my mother by and by." Shaksp. _Hamlet_, Act iii. sc. 2....
THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER IS EXPLAINED Mark 4:14-20; Luke 8:11-15...
20, 21. ΕΥ̓ΘῪΣ … ΕΥ̓ΘΎΣ. The unstable and volatile nature is as quick to be attracted by the gospel at first, as it is to abandon it afterwards when the trial comes. Ὁ ΔῈ ΣΠΑΡΕΊΣ. ‘He that was sown.’...
Ver 18. "Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in hi...
_THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER MATTHEW 13:1-23:_ Jesus taught from a boat as a great multitude stood on the shore. In Jesus' day sowing was absolutely necessary for survival. Sowing is necessary but it als...
ΆΚΟΎΩΝ _praes. act. part., см._ Matthew 13:13; _part._ используется как _subst._ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) получать, принимать. Оба _part._ сопровождаются одним определенным арт...
BUT HE THAT RECEIVED—INTO STONY PLACES— The _stony,_ or rocky ground, represents those hearers, who so far receive the word into their hearts, that it springs up in good resolutions, which perhaps are...
_HEAR YE THEREFORE THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
14 Compare Isa_6:9-10, Septuagint. See Joh_12:37-40; Act_28:25-27; Rom_11:7-10; 2Co_3:14-16. 16-17 Compare Luk_10:23-24. See Mat_16:17. 18-23 Compare Mar_4:14-20; Luk_8:11-15. 19 Lack of understandi...
THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER INTERPRETED (Mark 4:13; Luke 8:11). The sower is, of course, Christ, and Christian teachers generally, but is not a prominent figure in the parable. The seed aptly stands for...
A DAY OF PARABLES 1-3a. Teaching by parables begun (Mark 4:1; Luke 8:4). This chapter introduces a new type of teaching, that by parables. St. Matthew gives us a group of seven, the first four of whic...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 STORIES ABOUT WHERE GOD RULES 13:1-52 Matthew wrote down a lot of the things that Jesus taught. This chapter is the third section...
ANON WITH JOY RECEIVETH IT. — The second type of character stands in marked contrast with the first. Rapid change, strong emotion, a quicker show of conversion than in the case where it is more real....
CHAPTER 11 The Parables of the Kingdom - Matthew 13:1 "THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side." We can well imagine that, after such a series of discouragements and mortifi...
μετὰ χαρᾶς λ.: this is the new feature in the second type added to the hearing of the first; hearing and receiving with joy characteristic of quick emotional shallow natures, but not of them only. Dee...
_Interpretation of the Sower_ (Mark 4:14-20; Luke 8:11-15)....
TEACHING FOR THE TEACHABLE Matthew 13:10-23 Jesus defended His use of parables. He said that He carefully avoided stating the truths of the Kingdom too plainly, so as not to increase the condemnation...
This chapter contains the seven parables of the Kingdom. The reason for the parabolic teaching of Christ is set forth here. This first parable was spoken to the multitudes (verses Mat 13:2-3). Its exp...
CHAPTER 26 THE SOWER Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-25; & Luke 8:4-18. Mark: “And again He began to teach by the sea; and a great multitude were gathered unto Him, so that, entering into a ship, He sat in...
STORM ON THE GALILEAN SEA Matthew 13:18-27; Mark 4:35-41; & Luke 8:22-25; Luke 9:57-62. Mark: they will begin to say
"And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; (4) And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: (5) Some fe...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
20._But he that received the seed thrown into stony places. _This class differs from the former; for temporary faith, being a sort of vegetation of the seed, (201) promises at first some fruit; but th...
The Lord was no longer seeking fruit in His vine. It had been requisite according to God's relations with Israel that He should seek this fruit; but His true service, He well knew, was to bring that w...
BUT HE THAT RECEIVETH THE SEED INTO STONY PLACES,.... Such a hearer, who is like to the stony ground on which the seed fell, is one that is not an accidental hearer of the word, as the former, but a s...
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Ver. 20. _And anon with joy receiveth it_] Anon, or immediately. Temporaries are...
_He that received the seed into stony_, rather, _rocky, places_ Where the bed of earth was very shallow, _is he that heareth the word_ Hears it with attention, and in a spirit of prayer, sincerely des...
ANON; immediately; and as we are elsewhere taught, without either understanding or counting the cost of Christ's service. Compare Luke 14:25-33....
This chapter begins a new division of the book. Israel is looked at as set aside because of unbelief: the Lord went out of the house (typically Israel's house), and set by the seaside. The sea is typi...
1-23 Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. By this he teaches us in the outward circumstances of worship not to covet that which is state...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 13:21"....
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Third "Because," he said, "neither are the righteous manifest in this life, nor sinners, but they are alike; for this life is a winter to the righteous, and they do not m...
Matthew 13:20 But G1161 seed G4687 (G5651) on G1909 places G4075 this G3778 is G2076 (G5748) hears...
“And he who was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecuti...
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE SOWING OF THE SEED (13:18-23). As we look at this interpretation we will note how perfectly it fits the words of the parable without being over-allegoristic. I...
THE EIGHT PARABLES OF THE KINGLY RULE OF HEAVEN (13:1-53). Having made clear that the Kingly Rule of Heaven is advancing forcefully (Matthew 11:12) and that through Jesus' activities as the Servant of...
Matthew 13:20. FORTHWITH RECEIVETH IT WITH JOY. The effect is immediate and apparently good; but beneath the surface easily stirred, is a soil harder than the trodden path. Great joy without deep spir...
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The Evangelist has just represented our Lord in opposition to the Pharisees. (A few events probably intervened; see Luke 11-13.) Thus His claims as the Messiah came out more fully....
The occasion (Matthew 13:1); the scene (Matthew 13:2); the first parable (Matthew 13:3-9); the question of the disciples (Matthew 13:10); the twofol
Matthew 13:3 The Parables of the Kingdom. I. Taking these seven parables all together, notice, first, the fact that our Lord, in describing the kingdom of heaven, did deliberately use many parables,...
Matthew 13:1 , MATTHEW 13:18 The Parable of the Sower. Notice the various obstacles which successively meet the seed and mar its fruitfulness. I. The wayside. There is a condition of heart which cor...
Matthew 13:3. _And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;_ He had much instruction to give, and he chose to convey it in parables. What wonderful pictu...
Matthew 13:1. _The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude st...
Matthew 13:1. _The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat, and the whole multitude st...
CONTENTS: Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven. The sower, tares and wheat, grain of mustard seed, leaven, hid treasure, pearl, drag net. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Satan, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The pr...
Matthew 13:2. _He went into a ship._ A small vessel or boat, probably belonging to one of the disciples, several of whom were fishermen. Matthew 13:3. _He spake many things to them in parables._ On th...
LISTEN, THEN, AND LEARN. Jesus tells them plainly the meaning of the parable about the Sower. Christ (and the messianic community) is the sower. Luke says the seed is the word of God (the Good News ab...
_Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth._ STONY PLACES I. The nature of the ground. 1. Stony ground wants breaking up. These persons enter into a profession of religion before t...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 13:1 The Messianic Kingdom Revealed in Parables. This is the third of Jesus’ five major teachings (see Introduction: Key Themes). It is a collection of parables....
JESUS EXPLAINS THE PARABLE OF THE FOUR SOILS MATTHEW 13:10-23; MARK 4:10-20; LUKE 8:9-15; MATTHEW 13:10 And the disciples came, and
1-57 CHAPTER 13 At that time, &c. Syriac, _by the sea shore_ : When Christ, after His manner, had preached in the house, which He had hired for His dwelling in Capernaum, as I have said on c. iv. 13,...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 13:19. WHICH RECEIVED SEED.—_That was sown (R_. V.). A change in the figure quite common among Orientals. It should have been: This is he in whose case the seed was sown by th...
EXPOSITION A few remarks by way of introduction to the characteristic portion of this chapter (Matthew 13:1). (1) We have here a collection of the Lord's parables, all spoken, as it would appear, at...
Now as we enter into the thirteenth chapter, we come into the area of the parables that deal with the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. And in these we have more or less a key to all parables. And y...
1 Samuel 11:13; 2 Chronicles 24:14; 2 Chronicles 24:2; 2 Chronicles 24:6;...
THE PARABLES OF MATTHEW THIRTEEN Matthew 13:1, _Matthew 13:18_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have decided to present to you one phase of the parable of the sower, the seed that fell by the wayside, 1. THE...
The seed sown on stony places, therefore sprang up soon, because it did not sink deep, Matthew 13:5. He receiveth it with joy — Perhaps with transport, with ecstacy: struck with the beauty of truth, a...