Verse Mark 4:29. _HE PUTTETH IN THE SICKLE_] αποστελλει, _he sendeth_ _out the sickle_, i.e. _the reapers_; the _instrument_, by a metonomy, being put for the _persons_ who use it. This is a common f...
IMMEDIATELY HE PUTTETH IN THE SICKLE - This is the way with the farmer. As soon as the grain is ripe it is cut down. So it is often with the Christian. As soon as he is prepared for heaven he is taken...
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
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...
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...
TEACHING IN PARABLES (Mark 4:1-2)...
IS BROUGHT FORTH. delivers itself up. PUTTETH IN. sentient forth. Greek _apostello._ App-174., Compare John 4:38....
_when the fruit is brought forth_ Literally, WHEN THE FRUIT YIELDS ITSELF; or OFFERS ITSELF, i. e. IS RIPE. The original word only occurs here in this sense. Comp. Virgil _Geo_. i. 287, "Multa adeo g...
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...
ΠΑΡΑΔΟΙ͂. Aor. subj. = παραδῷ (WH. _App._ p. 168). Cf. γνοῖ Mark 5:43, δοῖ Mark 8:37, παραδοῖ Mark 14:10. The meaning is uncertain; either _alloweth_ (R.V. marg.), or “bringeth itself forth”; cf....
26–29. THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY AND AUTOMATICALLY Omitted by Mt. and Lk...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. BUT WHEN THE FRUIT IS BROUGHT FORTH [TO MATURITY], IMMEDIATELY HE PUTTETH IN THE SICKLE, BEC...
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...
PARABLE OF THE SOWER. STILLING THE TEMPEST 1-9. Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1; Luke 8:4). See on Mt....
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...
THE HARVEST] is an earthly harvest. It is gathered in Christian lands, when a faithful pastor, after long waiting, gathers in a harvest of true penitents and genuine servants of Christ. It is gathered...
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...
HE PUTTETH IN THE SICKLE. — From one point of view, here again, the harvest is the end of the world (Matthew 13:39), and the putting in the sickle is the coming of Christ to judge. (Comp. the use of t...
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...
παραδοῖ (παρυδόω), when the fruit _yields_ itself, or _permits_ (by being ripe). The latter sense (for which classical usage can be cited) is preferred by most recent commentators....
_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...
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...
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,...
_When the fruit is brought forth: literally, when the fruit [1] hath produced. By the fruit is here meant the seed; i.e. when the seed by degrees hath produced the blade, then the ear, and lastly the...
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...
(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...
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...
_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...
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...
BUT WHEN THE FRUIT IS BROUGHT FORTH,.... Unto perfection, and is fully ripe; signifying that when grace is brought to maturity, and faith is performed with power, and the good work begun is perfected;...
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. Ver. 29. _Because the harvest is come_] After long looking for, James 5:7. _See Trapp on "_ Jam...
PUTTETH IN THE SICKLE; he gathereth the fruits of his labor. Men in this matter are workers together with God. One plants, another waters or cultivates, and God gives the increase. So with the rise an...
BUT WHEN THE FRUIT IS BROUGHT FORTH, IMMEDIATELY HE PUTTETH IN THE SICKLE BECAUSE THE HARVEST IS COME. Here is another parable, addressed especially to the disciples, and containing an important lesso...
The parable of the seed:...
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...
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....
BROUGHT FORTH: Or, ripe...
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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Mark 4:29 But G1161 when G3752 grain G2590 ripens G3860 (G5632) immediately G2112 in G649 (G5719) sickle...
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...
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,...
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...
Mark 4:26-29. THE PARABLE OF THE SEED GROWING, WE KNOW NOT HOW. Found here only....
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...
Mark 4:29. BUT WHEN THE FRUIT IS RIPE. The Greek means either: ‘when the fruit shall have yielded itself,' or, according to the more usual sense, of the word used, ‘when the fruit alloweth,' _i.e.,_ w...
IS RIPE (παραδο, second aorist subjunctive with οταν). Whenever the fruit yields itself or permits.PUTTETH FORTH (αποστελλε). Sends forth the sickle. The word for _apostle_ comes from this verb. S...
Mark 4:28 The seed cast into the ground is undoubtedly to be understood of the knowledge of good which may be at any time laid before the mind of another. We have an opportunity, it may be, of doing t...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
WHEN THE GRAIN IS RIPE. Not until then does harvest begin. _When faith_ is ripe [produces repentance, baptism] the believer is gathered into Christ's church (_See_ Titus 3:5; 1 Corinthians 12:13.)...
_So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground._ THE RELIGION OF CHRIST I. The religion of Christ is a reign. It is not a creed, or a sentiment, or a ritualism, but a regal...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 4:29 SICKLE and HARVEST are symbolic language for the last judgment (see Joel 3:13)....
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
2 Timothy 4:7; 2 Timothy 4:8; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 57:2; Job 5:26;...
Is brought forth [π α ρ α δ ο ι]. This rendering cannot be correct, for the verb is active, not passive, meaning to deliver up. Hence it is usually explained, shall have delivered itself up to harvest...
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...