NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Mark 4:11
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V
These things the Saviour Himself seals when He says: "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven."[148]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V
These things the Saviour Himself seals when He says: "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven."[148]
Verse Mark 4:11. _UNTO YOU IT IS GIVEN TO KNOW_] γνωναι, _to know_, is omitted by ABKL, ten others, the _Coptic_, and one of the _Itala_. The omission of this word makes a material alteration in the...
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...
IS. hath been. KNOW. got to know. Greek. _ginosko,_ App-132. Compare 1 Corinthians 2:14. All the texts omit "to know" and read "has been given the secret" of the Kingdom, &c. MYSTERY. secret. Not be...
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)....
_the mystery_ The word Mystery denotes (1) _a religious mystery_like those of Eleusis, into which men were initiated; (2) _a secret_(as in 1 Corinthians 15:51); and is applied (_α) to the Gospel itsel...
11. [716][717][718][719][720][721][722] omit γνῶναι (from Mt. and Lk.). [716] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St...
1–12. TEACHING BY PARABLES; THE SOWER Matthew 13:1-9; Luke 8:4-8...
VER 8. AGAIN, THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP INTO AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN, AND SHEWETH HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD, AND THE GLORY OF THEM; 9. AND SAITH UNTO HIM, "ALL THESE THINGS WILL I GIVE THEE,...
_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...
ΜΥΣΤΉΡΙΟΝ (G3466) тайна, то есть то, что человек не может познать без помощи Бога (TDNT; NIDNTT; EDNT). ΔΈΔΟΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать. Богосл. _pass._ указывает, что дающим явля...
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...
_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...
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...
_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...
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...
IV. (1-20) HE BEGAN. — See Notes on Matthew 13:1....
UNTO THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT. — The form of the phrase is peculiar to St. Mark; St. Matthew giving, “to them,” and St. Luke, “to the rest.”...
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...
_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 ...
ὑμῖν, to _you_ has been given, so as to be a permanent possession, the mystery of the Kingdom of God. They have been initiated into the secret, so that for them it is a secret no longer, not by explan...
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,...
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are (e) without, all [these] things are done in parables: (e) That is to say, to strangers, a...
Such as are out of the Church, though they both hear and read, they cannot understand. (Ven. Bede, in Chap. iv, Mark.)...
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...
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...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM,.... His disciples; UNTO YOU IT IS GIVEN TO KNOW THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD; or the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, the secrets of the Gospel dispensation, the myster...
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: Ver. 11. _Unto them that are without_]...
_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...
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...
MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM; the deeper truths of the gospel, which had not before been revealed. THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT, MATTHEW 3:2; without the circle of his disciples. These remained in ignorance throug...
The disciples ask for an explanation:...
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:...
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...
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Mark 4:11 And G2532 said G3004 (G5707) them G846 you G5213 given G1325 (G5769) know G1097 ...
‘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 4:11. THE MYSTERY. Matthew and Luke: ‘the mysteries.' All the mysteries of the gospel form but one mystery, namely, the mystery of Christ for and in His people. And to them ‘is given the mystery...
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...
UNTO YOU IS GIVEN THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD (Hυμιν το μυστηριον δεδοτα της βασιλειας του θεου). See on Matthew 13:11 for word μυστηριον. Here (Mark 4:11; Matthew 13:11;...
MYSTERY (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _...
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...
_Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God._ PARABLES FOR TWO MULTITUDES As for the multitude, if you strain Christ’s language respecting them, you might say they were punished f...
_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...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 4:11 THE SECRET OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD means the nature of God’s rule over individuals and over the community of his people (see note on Matt. 13:10–11). Those who do not (yet) partic...
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...
1 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Corinthians 5:12; 1 Corinthians 5:13; 1 John 5:20;...
Unto them that are without [ε κ ε ι ν ο ι ς τ ο ι ς ε ξ ω]. The two latter words are peculiar to Mark. The phrase means those outside of our circle. Its sense is always determined by the contrast to i...
To them that are without — So the Jews termed the heathens: so our Lord terms all obstinate unbelievers: for they shall not enter into his kingdom: they shall abide in outer darkness....