_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 Palestine_, pp. 425–427;
Thomson’s _Land and the Book_, p. 402; Tristram’s _Land of
Israel_, p. 431.... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Mark 4:21. “We lose much of the significance, if we think of the
modern candle and candlestick carried about in the hand. On the
contrary, it is _the_ lamp of the house put upon the lampstand, or
candelabrum, which is so elevated that any lamp upon it can lighten up... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Mark 4:29. BUT AS SOON AS THE FRUIT IS MATURE, STRAIGHTWAY HE PUTTETH
FORTH THE SICKLE, etc. Cp. Joel 4:13 (LXX.). See also 1 Peter 1:23;
Revelation 14:14.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 4:26_
The parable of the growing corn.—It is remarkable that St. Mark... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 assumed a humble form.
2. Its first advocates were obscure.
3. Its sphere of action was confined.
4.... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Mark 4:39. AROSE.—_Awoke_. PEACE, BE STILL.—_Be silent! Be
muzzled!_ Mark alone preserves these words, which were doubtless
addressed to “the prince of the power of the air,” by whose agency
the storm had arisen.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 4:35_
(PARA... [ Continue Reading ]