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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 8:4-21

The former paragraph began with an account of Christ's industry in preaching (Luke 8:1); this begins with an account of the people's industry in hearing, Luke 8:4. He went into every city, to preach; so they, one would think, should have contented themselves to hear him when he came to their own city (we know those that would); but there were those here that came to him out of every city, would not stay till he came to them, nor think that they had enough when he left them, but met him when he... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 8:4-15

8:4-15 When a great crowd had gathered, and when they came to him from every city, Jesus spoke to them by means of a parable. The sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed some seed fell by the wayside. It was trampled upon and the birds of the heaven devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground where it grew up and withered because there was no moisture. Other seed fell in the middle of thorns and the thorns grew up along with it and choked the life out of it. Other seed fell into good... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:7

And some fell among thorns ,.... On ground which had within it the roots of thorns and briars; and design such hearers who have their hearts filled with worldly cares, and sensual lusts and pleasures: and the thorns sprang up with it ; and grew faster than that: and choked it ; as the above things do the word, and make it useless and unprofitable; so that though it took place for a while, and was professed, yet process of time was neglected and dropped; and, as Mark says, "it yielded... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:8

And other fell on good ground ,.... The Syriac version reads, "on good and beautiful ground"; and so the Cambridge copy of Beza's; ground which both looked well, and proved well; and signifies such hearers who have good and honest hearts, made so by the Spirit of God; who receive the word in the love of it, have a spiritual understanding, and real experience of it; and sprang up, and bare fruit, an hundred fold ; or, "a hundred for one", as the Syriac version renders it; a hundred grains... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:1-21

The evangelistic circuit. Observe— I. THE PLAN OF CIRCUIT . ( Luke 8:1 .) "He went," or "went about," or "kept journeying." Hitherto Capernaum had been the centre from which short excursions were taken, the Lord always returning to it. Now he moves steadily on from place to place, "passing in patience until his work is done." "Through cities and villages." He will not omit any abode of man. If social influence and power had been the aim, this Prophet would have limited his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:1-21

Incidents in evangelistic work. We have now to contemplate Jesus as fairly loosed from Capernaum as the centre of his mission work, and as making systematically the tour of the province of Galilee. The "beloved physician" gives to us here just such an insight into the material conditions of Christ's evangelistic work as we naturally desire. Let us, then, notice— I. THE SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL SIDES OF OUR LORD 'S EVANGELISTIC WORK . ( Luke 8:1-3 .) Twelve men and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:4-8

Failure and success in hearing. The produce of our spiritual fields does not always answer to our hopes or reward our labours; there is much sowing, but little reaping. How do we account for it? I. THE ACCOUNT OF THE FAILURE . 1 . Inattention on the part of the bearer. The truth is spoken faithfully, but so little heed is given to it that it is no sooner uttered and beard than it has disappeared from view. Sown on the hard wayside ( Luke 8:5 ), it does not enter into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:4-15

The parable of the sower , and the Lord ' s interpretation of it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:7

And some fell among thorns. "Every one who has been in Palestine must have been struck with the number of thorny shrubs and plants that abound there. The traveller finds them in his path, go where he may. Many of them are small, but some grow as high as a man's head. The rabbinical writers say that there are no less than twenty-two words in the Hebrew Bible denoting thorny and prickly plants" (Professor Hacker). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:8

And bare fruit an hundredfold . This is by no means an unheard-of increase even in the West, where vegetation is less luxuriant. Herodotus, quoted by Trench ('Parables'), mentions that two hundredfold was a common return in the Plain of Babylon, and sometimes three hundredfold; and Niebuhr mentions a species of maize that returns four hundredfold. On the marvellous fruit-bearing which would take place in the days of the Lord's future kingdom on earth, Irenaeus gives a quotation from Papias,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 8:4-21

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 8:4-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:4-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:4-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:8

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