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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 4:13

13. Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?—Probably this was said not so much in the spirit of rebuke, as to call their attention to the exposition of it which He was about to give, and so train them to the right apprehension of His future parables. As in the parables which we have endeavored to explain in :-, we shall take this parable and the Lord's own exposition of the different parts of it together. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:1-34

2. Jesus’ teaching in parables 4:1-34This is the first of three extended teaching sessions that Mark recorded (cf. Mark 7:1-23; Mark 13:3-37). Jesus’ three parables in this section describe the character of the messianic kingdom.Parables are illustrations that teach truth by comparisons (Gr. parabole, lit. "something thrown alongside," similitudes). Some are long stories, but others are short similes, metaphors, analogies, or proverbial sayings (cf. Mark 2:19-22; Mark 3:24-25; Mark 3:27). The... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:10-29

Jesus’ explanations to His disciples 4:10-29This section of Mark’s account records Jesus’ words to His disciples that the multitudes did not hear. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:13

Jesus believed that the disciples should have understood the parable of the soils. It is, after all, one of the easier ones to understand."The blindness of men is so universal that even the disciples are not exempt from it." [Note: Cranfield, p. 97.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:13-20

The explanation of the parable of the soils 4:13-20 (cf. Matthew 13:18-23; Luke 8:11-15) read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:1-41

Parable of the Sower. Stilling the Tempest1-9. Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1; Luke 8:4). See on Mt.10-20. The parable interpreted (Matthew 13:10; Luke 8:9). See on Mt.21-25. Further remarks upon teaching by parables (Luke 8:16-18). Omitted by Mt, who introduces these sayings in other connexions, viz. Matthew 5:15; Matthew 7:2; Matthew 10:26, which see.21. A candle] RV ’the lamp.’ A bushel] RV ’the bushel.’ A bed] RV ’the bed.’ A candlestick] RV ’the stand.’ St. Matthew introduces this... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 4:1-20

IV.(1-20) He began.—See Notes on Matthew 13:1-23. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 4:13

(13) How then will ye know all parables?—The question is peculiar to St. Mark, and suggests the thought of our Lord as contemplating for His disciples an ever-growing insight, not only into His own spoken parables, but into those of nature and of life. But if they were such slow scholars in this early stage, how was that insight to be imparted? The question is followed up by the answer. The first lesson in interpreting is given in that which is a pattern and exemplar of the method of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Mark 4:1-41

Mark 4:8 The mate of an American whaler, Mr. Whalon, was captured by the cannibals of Hiva-Oa, one of the Marquesan islands, and rescued bravely by the intervention of a native Christian, Kekela, who was subsequently rewarded by President Lincoln for his gallant charity. Mr. Stevenson, in his volume In the South Seas (pp. 89, 90), quotes an extract from Kekela's letter of thanks, adding, 'I do not envy the man who can read it without emotion'. After telling of the rescue, Kekela proceeds: 'As... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Mark 4:10-13

elete_me Mark 4:10-13Chapter 4CHAPTER 4:1-2, 10-13 (Mark 4:1-2; Mark 4:10-13)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 into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land. And He taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in His teaching. . . ."And when He was alone, they that were about Him with the twelve asked of Him the parables. And He said unto them, Unto... read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 4:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:1-34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:10-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:13-20

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:1-41

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 4:1-20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 4:13

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Mark 4:1-41

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Mark 4:10-13

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