Mark 4:1-41
PARABLE OF THE SOWER. STILLING THE TEMPEST 1-9. Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1; Luke 8:4). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
PARABLE OF THE SOWER. STILLING THE TEMPEST 1-9. Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1; Luke 8:4). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PARABLE INTERPRETED (Matthew 13:10; Luke 8:9). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
A CANDLE] RV 'the lamp.' A BUSHEL] RV 'the bushel.' A BED] RV 'the bed.' A CANDLESTICK] RV 'the stand.' St. Matthew introduces this saying into the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:15). There it bids the disciples give to the world the light of a good example. Here it bids them enlighten the world by... [ Continue Reading ]
FURTHER REMARKS UPON TEACHING BY PARABLES (Luke 8:16). Omitted by Mt, who introduces these sayings in other connexions, viz. Matthew 5:15; Matthew 7:2; Matthew 10:26, which see.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THERE IS NOTHING HID] 'Our Lord corrects a false impression which might have arisen from the mention of a mystery (Mark 4:11). If the gospel was for a moment treated as a secret, it was so only because this temporary secrecy was essential to its successful proclamation after the Ascension. Those... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE HEED WHAT YE HEAR (AV, RV). The context, however, requires that this should be rendered 'Understand (weigh well the meaning of) what ye hear,' a quite possible rendering. WITH WHAT MEASURE YE METE] i.e. 'ye measure.' 'In that measure in which you measure your attention to My teaching, in the sa... [ Continue Reading ]
To the diligent student of divine truth more of divine truth shall be revealed. The slothful student shall not only learn no more, but shall even forget what he already knows. In Matthew 13:12; Matthew 25:19, the context being different, these words have a different meaning.... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAN] i.e. the apostles and other preachers of the gospel. CAST SEED] i.e. preach the gospel by word or example. THE GROUND] i.e. the souls of men.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY (the only parable peculiar to Mk). Tatian in his 'Diates-saron' places it immediately before the Tares. Such a position for it is suitable, but it is wrong to regard it, with Weiss, as only an imperfect and mutilated version of that parable. The point of the parable is not... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEEP, AND RISE] i.e. ministers of the gospel having preached the word are to pursue their ordinary employments without undue anxiety. Visible results may be slow, but the seed is sure to germinate, because the soul of man is specially fitted by God to receive it, and will by its own spiritual activ... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST THE BLADE, etc.] Therefore missionaries who have no results to show, are not to be discouraged. In India at present, few converts are made, but the seed is being sown, and the time of the harvest will come.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HARVEST] is an earthly harvest. It is gathered in Christian lands, when a faithful pastor, after long waiting, gathers in a harvest of true penitents and genuine servants of Christ. It is gathered in heathen lands, when the hindrances to the gospel are at last removed, and the people ask for bap... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED (Matthew 13:31; Luke 13:18). See on Mt. 33, 34. Matthew 13:34; Matthew 13:35. See on Matthew 13:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
STILLING THE STORM (Matthew 8:18; Matthew 8:23; Luke 8:22). See on Mt. St. Mark's graphic details should be noticed—' the other boats with Him,' Mark 4:36, and 'the pillow (cushion) in the stern,' Mark 4:38.... [ Continue Reading ]