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Mark 4:17

affliction The word thus translated denotes (i) pressure, that which presses upon or burdens the spirit; then (2) the distressarising therefrom. The word tribulationrests upon thids image, coming as it does from tribulum= the threshing-roller.

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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