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Verse 27. _AND SHOULD SLEEP AND RISE NIGHT AND DAY_] That is, he
should _sleep_ by _night_, and _rise_ by _day_; for so the words are
obviously to be understood.
_HE KNOWETH NOT HOW._] How a plant gr...
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AND SHOULD SLEEP, AND RISE NIGHT AND DAY - Should sleep in the night
and rise by day, for so the expression is to be understood. That is,
should live in his usual way, without exerting any influence o...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Teaching by the Seaside. The Parable of the Sower. (Mark 4:1.
Matthew 13:1; Luke 8:4 .)_
2. The Word to shine forth in testimony. (Mar
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The teaching in parables to the multitude is now resumed, and two
further examples are given, those of the seed growing secretly and the
mustard seed. The first is peculiar to Mk. Loisy interprets it...
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He said to them: "This is what the Kingdom of God is like. It is like
what happens when a man casts seed upon the earth. He sleeps and he
wakes night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows--and he do...
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TEACHING IN PARABLES (Mark 4:1-2)...
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SHOULD SLEEP, AND RISE. These Present Tenses, following the Past in
Mark 4:26, indicate the continued rising and sleeping after the seed
was sown.
SPRING. sprout.
GROW UP. lengthen.
KNOWETH. has no...
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The Seed growing secretly
26. _as if a man should cast seed into the ground_ This is _the only
parable which is peculiar to St Mark_, and seems to take the place of
"the Leaven" recorded by St Matthe...
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_spring and grow up_ We need not inquire too minutely who the Sower
is, though primarily it refers to the Lord Himself. It is the property
of the seed which is intended to engage our attention, the se...
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ΒΛΑΣΤΑ͂Ι ([787][788][789][790][791][792]) rather than
βλαστάνῃ ([793][794][795]2) or βλαστάνει
([796][797][798] 33). ΜΗΚΎΝΕΤΑΙ ([799][800][801][802]) rather
than μηκύνηται ([803][804][805]2 etc.).
[78...
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26–29. THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY AND AUTOMATICALLY
Omitted by Mt. and Lk...
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_JESUS SPOKE ABOUT CANDLES AND SEED MARK 4:21-34:_ Often we act much
more foolish in our spiritual lives than we would ever consider doing
in our physical lives. Men would never light a candle to prod...
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DISCOURSE: 1423
THE SPRINGING FIELD
Mark 4:26. And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should
cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day,
and the seed should spring...
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SO IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD,— In this parable we are informed, that as
the husbandman does not, by any efficacy of his own, cause the seed to
grow, but leaves it to be nourished by the soil and sun; so J...
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E. THE PARABLE OF SECRET GROWTH. 4:26-29
_TEXT 4:26-29_
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed
upon the earth; and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed
shou...
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_SUMMARY 4:1-34_
In the parables of this section, especially in those of the sower, the
seed and the mustard seed, the prophetic power of Jesus is clearly
exhibited. Without superhuman foresight he co...
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And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring
and grow up, he knoweth not how.
AND SHOULD SLEEP, AND RISE NIGHT AND DAY - go about his other
ordinary occupations, leaving it...
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10-13 Compare Mat_13:10-17; Luk_8:9-10.
11 The kingdom of God had been foretold and typified in their sacred
Scriptures, but now the
Lord is unfolding a phase of its history which was unknown to the...
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SLEEP, AND RISE] i.e. ministers of the gospel having preached the word
are to pursue their ordinary employments without undue anxiety.
Visible results may be slow, but the seed is sure to germinate,
b...
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PARABLE OF THE SOWER. STILLING THE TEMPEST
1-9. Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1; Luke 8:4). See on Mt....
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THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY (the only parable peculiar to Mk). Tatian in
his 'Diates-saron' places it immediately before the Tares. Such a
position for it is suitable, but it is wrong to regard it, with...
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CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL
_KEITH SIMONS_
This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 4
THE STORY ABOUT THE SEEDS
VERSES 1-9
Every farmer knows that he must plant his s...
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AND SHOULD SLEEP, AND RISE. — So it was in the world’s history.
Men knew not the greatness of the new force that had been brought into
action. Philosophers and statesmen ignored it. Even the very prea...
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CHAPTER 4:26-29 (MARK 4:26)
THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY
"And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed
upon the earth; and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed
should...
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_Parable of the Blade, the Ear, and the Full Corn_. Peculiar to Mark
and beyond doubt a genuine utterance of Jesus, the doctrine taught
being over the head of the reporter and the Apostolic Church
gen...
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καθεύδῃ … ἡμέραν, sleep and rise night and day,
suggestive of the monotonous life of a man who has nothing particular
to do beyond waiting patiently for the result of what he has already
done (seed so...
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GROWTH IN GOD'S KINGDOM
Mark 4:10-41
How quick the Master was to observe the meaning of natural symbols! To
Him all things were unfoldings of eternal mystery, and the ways of men
unconsciously mirror...
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In verses Mark 4:1; Mark 4:10, we have the explanation of the reason
of the parabolic teaching of Jesus. He clothed divine truth in picture
forms that men might more easily look upon it and learn it,...
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And (g) should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should
spring and grow up, he (h) knoweth not how.
(g) That is, when he has finished sowing should wait both day and
night not doubting that...
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THE PROGRESSIVE GRACE IN THE HEART
Mark 4:26-34. “And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God as if a man
may cast seed upon the ground, and he may sleep, and it springs up,
night and day, and the seed ge...
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(26) And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast
seed into the ground: (27) And should sleep, and rise night and day,
and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. (28...
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It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in
touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for
the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
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_NATURAL LAW IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD_
‘And (Jesus) said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast
seed into the ground; … when the fruit is brought forth, immediately
he putteth in the sickle...
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This introduces the true character and result of His own service, and
all the history of the service that should be accomplished unto a far
distant future; as well as the responsibility of His discipl...
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AND SHOULD SLEEP,.... That is, the man that casts in the seed, who
represents the ministers of the Gospel: and, as applied to them, is
not to be understood of natural sleep, and indulging themselves i...
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And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring
and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Ver. 27. _And should sleep_] Ministers must rest secure with the
success of their endeavours, hav...
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Mark 4:26, 27, 28. "And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man
should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and
day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth no...
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SHOULD SLEEP, AND RISE NIGHT AND DAY; should sleep by night and rise
by day. The seed does not come suddenly to maturity, but by a gradual
process, while he who sowed it pursues his ordinary course of...
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The parable of the seed:...
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AND SHOULD SLEEP, AND RISE NIGHT AND DAY, AND THE SEED SHOULD SPRING
AND GROW UP, HE KNOWETH NOT HOW....
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His teaching now at the seaside corresponds to Matthew 13:1, but only
two of the seven parables in Matthew are mentioned here, for Matthew
gives a full dispensational picture, while Mark dwells simply...
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TITLE: How does your garden grow? TEXT: Mark 4:26-30 PROPOSITION: We
are involved but can't explain the process of growth. QUESTION: How?
KEY WORD: Evidences SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION:
1....
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21-34 These declarations were intended to call the attention of the
disciples to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they
were made able to instruct others; as candles are lighted, not...
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SEE POOLE ON "MARK 4:2 6 ...
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Mark 4:27 and G2532 sleep G2518 (G5725) night G3571 and G2532 rise
G1453 (G5747) day G2250...
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TWO PARABLES EMPHASISING NEW BIRTH AND GROWTH (4:26-32).
Jesus follow up the parable of the sower with two parables about new
birth and growth. In these the seed of the word is sown, and it
produces n...
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THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY UNTIL THE HARVEST (4:26-29).
Jesus now illustrates the certainty of the harvest which will come
about through God's secret work in the world. Man casts the seed on
the earth,...
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THE MESSAGE OF THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD WILL NOW BE SPREAD WIDELY AND
WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT FRUIT (4:1-34).
As we have already seen the Gospel began with Jesus Christ as God's
beloved Son and has gradua...
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Mark 4:27. AND SHOULD SLEEP, etc., _i.e.,_ live as usual without
further care of the seed sown.
HE KNOWETH NOT HOW. The emphasis rests on the word ‘he; ‘he who
sows does not know how that takes plac...
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Mark 4:26-29. THE PARABLE OF THE SEED GROWING, WE KNOW NOT HOW. Found
here only....
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ON PARABLES, see the note on Matthew 13:1-52. In his report of the
discourse in parables, Mark gives but three, one of them not mentioned
elsewhere. Each independently chose these out of the many utte...
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SHOULD SLEEP AND RISE
(καθευδη κα εγειρητα). Present subjunctive for
continued action. So alsoSPRING UP AND GROW
(βλαστα κα μηκυνητα) two late verbs. The process of
growth goes on all night and a...
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Mark 4:26
Christ's Idea of Christianity.
I. The kingdom of God, or the beginning of a truly religious life in
the soul of a man, may be obscure, imperceptible and unconscious. When
a man is building...
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Mark 4:26
We have in this parable:
I. A most simple, yet striking representation of the business, and, at
the same time, the helplessness of the spiritual husbandman. To the
ministers of the Gospel,...
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Mark 4:26
Mysterious growth.
We little think how much is always going on in what we may call the
underground of life; and how much more we have to do with those secret
processes which underlie every...
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CONTENTS: Parable of the sower. Parable of the candle. Parable of the
mustard seed. Jesus stills the storm.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Satan, disciples.
CONCLUSION: The present age is a time for missions an...
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Mark 4:12. _That seeing they may see, and not perceive._ St. Luke
gives the true sense of these words, which often occur. Acts 28:26.
They mark, according to Dr. Lightfoot, the obduracy which fell on...
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HE SLEEPS AT NIGHT. He continues his regular activities, and all the
while, the seeds are sprouting and growing. [He plants, but he cannot
make it grow.]...
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MARK—NOTE ON MARK 4:26 The people of Jesus’ day expected God’s
kingdom to come suddenly, but Jesus tells them it will begin in a
small way (FIRST THE BLADE, THEN THE EAR) and then will grow slowly
but...
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MARK—NOTE ON MARK 4:1 Mark provides several examples of Jesus
teaching in parables. To the hard-hearted, parables are a warning; to
those who are open-hearted, they illustrate principles of the
messia...
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CHAPTER 4 1 _The parable of the sower_, 14 _and the meaning thereof_.
21 _We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others_. 26 _The
parable of the seed growing secretly_, 30 _and of the musta...
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_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 HOMILE...
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EXPOSITION
MARK 4:1
AND AGAIN HE BEGAN TO TEACH BY THE SEASIDE. This return to the
seaside is mentioned by St. Mark only. From this time our Lord's
teaching began to be more public. The room and the...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the gospel according to Mark,
chapter 4.
Beginning in chapter 4, we have the beginning of the ministry of
Christ in parables. There is often times a mistaken opinion...
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1 Corinthians 15:37; 1 Corinthians 15:38; 2 Peter 3:18; 2
Thessalonians 1:3;...
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Grow [μ η κ υ ν η τ α ι]. Lit., lengthen; be extended by the
seed lengthening out into blade and stalk.
He knoweth not how (wJv oujk oiden aujtov). The Greek order is very
lively : how knoweth not he...
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GETTING WHAT YOU GIVE
Mark 4:24
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There are many "as" and "sos" in the "Word of God. These cover various
lines of consideration. Let us suggest one or two of these before we
take u...