Luke 8:10

The contrast between the disciples and others, as here put, is that in the case of the former the mysteries of the kingdom are given to be known, in that of the latter the mysteries are given, but only in parables, therefore so as to remain unknown. The sense is the same in Mt. and Mk., but the mode of expression is somewhat different. τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς, a milder phrase than the ἐκείνοις τοῖς ἕξω of Mk.; cf. ἄλλων in chap. Luke 5:29. ἵνα βλέποντες, etc.: this sombre saying is also characteristically toned done by abbreviation as compared with Mt. and Mk., as if it contained an unwelcome idea. Vide notes on Mt.