That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Ver. 12. See Trapp on " Mat 13:14 " See Trapp on " Mat 13:15 " See Trapp on " Mat 13:16 " See Trapp on " Mat 13:17 "
See the notes at Matthew 13:10. On Mark 4:12, see the notes at John 12:39. WHEN HE WAS ALONE - That is, separate from the multitude. When he withdrew from the multitude
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Teaching by the Seaside. The Parable of the Sower. (Mark 4:1. Matthew 13:1; Luke 8:4 .)_ 2. The Word to shine forth in testimony. (Mar
TEACHING BY PARABLES. This section illustrates the method of teaching which the evangelist regards as characteristic of this period of the ministry. In it he combines some general observations about t...
TEACHING IN PARABLES (Mark 4:1-2)...
When Jesus was alone, his own circle of people, together with the Twelve, asked him about the parables. He said to them, "To you there is given the knowledge of the Kingdom of God which only the initi...
THAT, &C. Quoted from Isaiah 6:9; Isaiah 6:10. See App-107. SEEING... SEE. Figure of speech _Polyptoton,_ (App-6). Greek. _blepo._ App-133. NOT. Greek. _me_. App-105. PERCEIVE. see. App-133. HEARI...
_that seeing they may see, and not perceive_ At the beginning of His ministry our Lord did not teach by Parables. "The Sermon on the Mount may be taken as the type of the -words of grace" which He spa...
The Explanation of the Parable 10. _And when he was alone_ St Mark here anticipates what took place after the Saviour had "_sent the multitudes away_" and "_gone into the house_" (Matthew 13:36)....
12. WH. write ΣΥΝΊΩΣΙΝ from the unused συνίω: συνιῶσιν is from συνίημι or the unused συνιέω. [723][724][725][726] omit τὰ ἁμαρτήματα. [723] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 18...
1–12. TEACHING BY PARABLES; THE SOWER Matthew 13:1-9; Luke 8:4-8...
Ver 12. Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, He departed into Galilee; 13. And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabu...
_THE PARABLE OF THE SEED GIVEN MARK 4:1-12:_ Jesus again taught by the Sea of Galilee. A very large crowd gathered He sat in a boat out on the lake and taught. He taught many things in parables. A par...
ОБСУЖДЕНИЕ этого места _см._ в HSB, 417-19. ΒΛΈΠΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G991) видеть. Part, является переводом_евр. inf._ absolutus (_см._ Matthew 13:14). ΪΔΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΌΡΆ...
UNTO THEM THAT WERE WITHOUT— Τοις εξω, the people out of the vessel,—the multitude on the shore. See εξω, used in a similar sense in the history of Peter's denial of his Master, Matthew 26:69. The fol...
B. THE EXPLANATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER 4:10-20 _TEXT 4:10-20_ And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables. And he said unto them, Unto you is giv...
_SUMMARY 4:1-34_ In the parables of this section, especially in those of the sower, the seed and the mustard seed, the prophetic power of Jesus is clearly exhibited. Without superhuman foresight he co...
_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, UNTO YOU IT IS GIVEN TO KNOW THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD: BUT UNTO THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT, ALL THESE THINGS ARE DONE IN PARABLES:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
10-13 Compare Mat_13:10-17; Luk_8:9-10. 11 The kingdom of God had been foretold and typified in their sacred Scriptures, but now the Lord is unfolding a phase of its history which was unknown to the...
4:12 be, (b-20) Or 'perhaps.' see Matthew 13:29 ; Matthew 15:32 ; Matthew 25:9 ; Acts 5:39 ; 'perhaps' is, I suspect, the sense. see a...
THE PARABLE INTERPRETED (Matthew 13:10; Luke 8:9). See on Mt....
PARABLE OF THE SOWER. STILLING THE TEMPEST 1-9. Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1; Luke 8:4). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 4 THE STORY ABOUT THE SEEDS VERSES 1-9 Every farmer knows that he must plant his s...
THAT SEEING THEY MAY SEE.... — St. Mark characteristically gives the words of Isaiah 6:9, but not as a quotation, and perhaps in a less accurate form, and omits the addition in Matthew, “Blessed are y...
IV. (1-20) HE BEGAN. — See Notes on Matthew 13:1....
Mark 4:10 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4:1-2, 10-13 (Mark 4:1; Mark 4:10) THE PARABLES "And again He began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto Him a very great multitude, so that He entered...
seems to state the aim of the parabolic method of teaching as being to keep the people in the dark, and prevent them from being converted and forgiven. This cannot really have been the aim of Jesus. _...
_Disciples ask an explanation of the parable_ (Matthew 13:10-17; Luke 8:9-10). Mark 4:10. κατὰ μόνας (ὁδούς or χώρας understood), alone οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν, those about Him, not = οἱ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ...
GROWTH IN GOD'S KINGDOM Mark 4:10-41 How quick the Master was to observe the meaning of natural symbols! To Him all things were unfoldings of eternal mystery, and the ways of men unconsciously mirror...
In verses Mark 4:1; Mark 4:10, we have the explanation of the reason of the parabolic teaching of Jesus. He clothed divine truth in picture forms that men might more easily look upon it and learn it,...
That seeing they may see, &c. In punishment of their wilfully shutting their eyes, (Matthew xiii. 15.) God justly withdrew those lights and graces which otherwise he would have given them, for their e...
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...
CONTENTS. _ We have in this Chapter, the Parable of the Sower; of the Seed in its secret growth: and_ JESUS, _on the Lake in a Storm._ AND he began again to teach by the seaside: and there was gather...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
Mark 4:12._That seeing, they may see, and not perceive. _Here it may suffice to state briefly what has already been fully explained, that the doctrine is not, strictly speaking, or by itself, or in it...
This introduces the true character and result of His own service, and all the history of the service that should be accomplished unto a far distant future; as well as the responsibility of His discipl...
THAT SEEING THEY MAY SEE,.... Which the end and reason of his speaking to them in parables. The passage referred to is in Isaiah 6:9. Matthew 13:14. Matthew 13:15....
_When he was alone_ That is, retired apart from the multitude. _Unto them that are without_ So the Jews termed the heathen: so our Lord terms all obstinate unbelievers; for they shall not enter into t...
NOT PERCEIVE; because they do not desire to know the truth. NOT UNDERSTAND; because they do not, in the right way, use proper means. Thus they are not converted or turned from their evil ways, and th...
Speaking in parables. Matthew 13:10-17. In the communication and reception of saving knowledge, human agency is needful; and would men be wise unto salvation, they must improve their opportunities to...
The disciples ask for an explanation:...
THAT SEEING THEY MAY SEE, AND NOT PERCEIVE; AND HEARING THEY MAY HEAR, AND NOT UNDERSTAND; LEST AT ANY TIME THEY SHOULD BE CONVERTED, AND THEIR SINS SHOULD BE FORGIVEN THEM....
His teaching now at the seaside corresponds to Matthew 13:1, but only two of the seven parables in Matthew are mentioned here, for Matthew gives a full dispensational picture, while Mark dwells simply...
TITLE: Sowing the Seed TEXT: Mark 4:1-20 PROPOSITION: We are to scatter the seed, The soil determines the results. QUESTION: How? KEY WORD: Factors SCRIPTURE READING: Mark 4:1-9 Introduction: 1. Jesus...
1-20 This parable contained instruction so important, that all capable of hearing were bound to attend to it. There are many things we are concerned to know; and if we understand not the plain truths...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 4:3...
Origen de Principiis Book III His words are: "That seeing they may not see; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest they should be converted, and their sins be forgiven them."[66] Origen...
Mark 4:12 that G2443 Seeing G991 (G5723) see G991 (G5725) and G2532 not G3361 perceive G1492 ...
‘And he said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the Kingly Rule of God, but to those who are without all things are done in parables, in order that seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hea...
THE EXPLANATION OF THE PARABLE AND THE MYSTERY OF GOD'S RULE (4:10-20). Once the parable had been given those desirous of knowing more crowded round Jesus for an explanation. This was what distinguis...
THE MESSAGE OF THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD WILL NOW BE SPREAD WIDELY AND WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT FRUIT (4:1-34). As we have already seen the Gospel began with Jesus Christ as God's beloved Son and has gradua...
Mark 4:12. THAT, _in order that._ ‘When God transacts a matter, it is idle to say that the result is not the purpose' (Alford). This purpose is indicated here even more strongly than in Matthew. The o...
Mark 4:10-12 give the reason for speaking in parables; see on Matthew 13:10-17. Matthew's account is fuller, but Mark's is, in some respects, more specific and stronger....
ON PARABLES, see the note on Matthew 13:1-52. In his report of the discourse in parables, Mark gives but three, one of them not mentioned elsewhere. Each independently chose these out of the many utte...
LEST HAPLY THEY SHOULD TURN AGAIN, AND IT SHOULD BE FORGIVEN THEM (μηποτε επιστρεψωσιν κα αφεθη αυτοις). Luke does not have these difficult words that seem in Isaiah to have an ironical turn, though...
SINS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Mark 4:1. _And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on...
CONTENTS: Parable of the sower. Parable of the candle. Parable of the mustard seed. Jesus stills the storm. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Satan, disciples. CONCLUSION: The present age is a time for missions an...
Mark 4:12. _That seeing they may see, and not perceive._ St. Luke gives the true sense of these words, which often occur. Acts 28:26. They mark, according to Dr. Lightfoot, the obduracy which fell on...
YET NOT SEE. Matthew gives more detail. See notes on Matthew 13:13-15....
_Some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up._ Though men be outward hearers of the Word, and do also in some sort understand what is taught, yet if their hearts be so h...
_That seeing, they may see, and not perceive._ THE DERELICT Terrible, but just and adorable, is this conduct of God towards those who have deserved to be left to themselves. This dereliction has sev...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 4:12 By quoting Isaiah 6:9, Jesus is warning that some of those who hear his parables will HEAR BUT NOT UNDERSTAND, just like the ancient Israelites....
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 4:1 Mark provides several examples of Jesus teaching in parables. To the hard-hearted, parables are a warning; to those who are open-hearted, they illustrate principles of the messia...
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
CHAPTER 4 1 _The parable of the sower_, 14 _and the meaning thereof_. 21 _We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others_. 26 _The parable of the seed growing secretly_, 30 _and of the musta...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 4:1. For a description of the surrounding scenery, which doubtless furnished many of the illustrations used in the following parables, see Stanley’s _Sinai and Pa...
EXPOSITION MARK 4:1 AND AGAIN HE BEGAN TO TEACH BY THE SEASIDE. This return to the seaside is mentioned by St. Mark only. From this time our Lord's teaching began to be more public. The room and the...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the gospel according to Mark, chapter 4. Beginning in chapter 4, we have the beginning of the ministry of Christ in parables. There is often times a mistaken opinion...
2 Timothy 2:25; Acts 28:25; Acts 3:19; Deuteronomy 29:4; Ezekiel
So that seeing they see and do not perceive — They would not see before now they could not, God having given them up to the blindness which they had chosen....