ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι. The thorns were as yet hardly above the surface; but they were more vigorous.

συνέπνιξαν. Vulg. suffocaverunt; Wic. “strangliden.” The συν-expresses intensity; see on Mark 3:5. Mt. and Lk. have ἀπέπνιξαν, “choked off.”

καὶ καρπὸν οὐκ ἔδωκεν. Hardly necessary after συνέπνιξαν, and omitted by Mt. and Lk. See on καὶ τότε, Mark 3:27.

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