κόκκω dat. sing. от κόκκος (G2848) зерно, семя. Dat. сравнения,
σινάπεως gen. sing. от σίναπι (G4615) горчица (Matthew 13:31).
σπαρή aor. conj. pass. от σπείρω, см. Mark 4:3.
μικρότερον сотр. от μικρός (G3398) маленький. Сотр. в роли superl. όν praes. act. part. пот. n. sing. от ειμί (G1510) быть, здесь, "являясь мельчайшим" (Guelich; Gundry, 229).
Verse 31. _A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED_] See on Matthew 13:31; Matthew 13:32....
See the notes at Matthew 13:31....
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
The teaching in parables to the multitude is now resumed, and two further examples are given, those of the seed growing secretly and the mustard seed. The first is peculiar to Mk. Loisy interprets it...
TEACHING IN PARABLES (Mark 4:1-2)...
He said: "How shall we find something with which to compare the Kingdom of God, or what picture will we use to represent it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the ground,...
IN UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. THAT BE IN THE EARTH. Divine supplement here....
_a grain of mustard seed_ The growth of a worldly kingdom had been already set forth under the image of a tree, and that of the kingdom of God also had been similarly compared. (See Daniel 4:10-12; Ez...
The Parable of the Mustard Seed 30. _Whereunto shall we liken_ This method of asking a question before beginning a discourse was not unknown to the Rabbis. See the parallel in Luke 13:18....
ὩΣ ΚΌΚΚΩΙ ΣΙΝΆΠΕΩΣ. The verse is a medley of confused constructions, but with its meaning sufficiently plain. The three words seem to mix the forms of reply to the two questions, ὡς answering to πῶς a...
30–32. THE MUSTARD SEED Matthew 13:31-32; Luke 13:18-19...
_JESUS SPOKE ABOUT CANDLES AND SEED MARK 4:21-34:_ Often we act much more foolish in our spiritual lives than we would ever consider doing in our physical lives. Men would never light a candle to prod...
DISCOURSE: 1424 THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD-SEED Mark 4:30. And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? it is like a grain of mustard-seed, which, w...
_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...
F. THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED. 4:30-32. _TEXT 4:30-32_ An he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, wh...
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compa...
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...
PARABLE OF THE SOWER. STILLING THE TEMPEST 1-9. Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1; Luke 8:4). See on Mt....
THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED (Matthew 13:31; Luke 13:18). See on Mt. 33, 34. Matthew 13:34; Matthew 13:35. See on...
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...
(31-32) IT IS LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED. — See Notes on Matthew 13:31. Slight variations in this report are (1) the “great branches,” and (2) the birds lodging “under the shadow” of the tree....
CHAPTER 4:30-34 (MARK 4:30) THE MUSTARD SEED "And He said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown...
ὡς κόκκῳ : ὡς stands for ὁμοιώσωμεν = let us liken it to a grain, etc.; κόκκον would depend on θῶμεν. ὃς ὃταν σπαρῇ … καὶ ὅταν σπαρῇ : the construction of this passage as given in critical texts is ve...
_The Mustard Seed_ (Matthew 13:31-32; Luke 13:18-19)....
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,...
THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED Matthew 13:31-32, & Mark 4:30-32. “And He said, To what must we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable may we expound it? It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it...
THE PROGRESSIVE GRACE IN THE HEART Mark 4:26-34. “And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God as if a man may cast seed upon the ground, and he may sleep, and it springs up, night and day, and the seed ge...
(30) And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? (31) _It is_ like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than...
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...
_MARKS OF THE CHURCH_ ‘Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God?… It is like a grain of mustard seed.’ Mark 4:30 What are the characteristics of the Church which would possess the future? What a...
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...
IT IS LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED,.... That is, the kingdom of God spoken of in the preceding verse, is like unto a grain of mustard seed; by which is meant, either the Gospel, or the Gospel church s...
_It is_ like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: Ver. 31. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 13:31 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Mat 13:32 _"_...
_Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God_, &c. See notes on Matthew 13:31. _He spake the word unto them as they were able to hear it_ Adapting it to the capacity of his hearers, and speaking as pl...
Parable of the mustard-seed. Matthew 13:31-32....
IT IS LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD-SEED, WHICH, WHEN IT IS SOWN IN THE EARTH, IS LESS THAN ALL THE SEEDS THAT BE IN THE EARTH;...
Parable of the grain of mustard-seed:...
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: The Mustard Seed TEXT: Mark 4:30-32 PROPOSITION: God intends for the Kingdom to grow. QUESTION: How? KEY WORD: Applications SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. This short parable is an im...
21-34 These declarations were intended to call the attention of the disciples to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they were made able to instruct others; as candles are lighted, not...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 4:30...
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V That which is, he says, nothing, and which consists of nothing, inasmuch as it is indivisible-(I mean) a point-will become through its own reflective powe...
Mark 4:31 like G5613 mustard G4615 seed G2848 which G3739 when G3752 sown G4687 (G5652) on G1909 ground...
THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED (4:30-32). The grain of mustard seed was a favourite illustration of Jesus (Matthew 13:31; Matthew 17:20; Luke 13:19; Luke 17
TWO PARABLES EMPHASISING NEW BIRTH AND GROWTH (4:26-32). Jesus follow up the parable of the sower with two parables about new birth and growth. In these the seed of the word is sown, and it produces n...
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 4:31. IN THE EARTH. Mark is fond of repeating the same expressions; an evidence that his Gospel is not an abridgment....
Mark 4:30-34. THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD-SEED. See on Matthew 13:31-35; comp. Luke 13:18-19....
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...
WHEN IT IS SOWN (οταν σπαρη). Second aorist passive subjunctive of σπειρω. Alone in Mark and repeated in verse Mark 4:32.LESS THAN ALL THE SEEDS (μικροτερον παντων των σπερματων). Comparative adje...
Mark 4:30 I. Observe the minuteness of the seed which is ordinarily first deposited by God's Spirit in man's heart. If you examine the records of Christian biography, you will find, so far as it is po...
Mark 4:26 Christ's Idea of Christianity. I. The kingdom of God, or the beginning of a truly religious life in the soul of a man, may be obscure, imperceptible and unconscious. When a man is building...
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...
IT IS LIKE A MUSTARD SEED. See notes on Matthew 13:31-32....
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 4:30 A third PARABLE teaches that the KINGDOM of God begins in a small and unnoticed way, which is not what the people expected (see note on vv. 26–29). A...
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 TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED MATTHEW 13:31-32; MARK 4:30-32; LUKE 13:18-19; MATTHEW 13:31 Another parable put h
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...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 4:30_ (PARALLELS: Matthew 13:31; Luke 13:18.) _The rise and progress of Christianity_.— I. CHRISTIANITY IS INSIGNIFICANT IN ITS BEGINNING.— 1. Its Founder a...
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...
Acts 19:20; Acts 2:41; Acts 21:20; Acts 4:4; Acts 5:14;...
When it is sown [ο τ α ν σ π α ρ η]. This phrase is repeated in verse 32. Here the emphasis is on otan, when. It is small at the time when it is sown. In verse 32 the emphasis is on sparh, it is sown....
GETTING WHAT YOU GIVE Mark 4:24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are many "as" and "sos" in the "Word of God. These cover various lines of consideration. Let us suggest one or two of these before we take u...