Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Mark 4:34
Without a parable spake he not; in his public instruction of the multitude.
Expounded all things to his disciples; that they might in due time explain them to others.
Without a parable spake he not; in his public instruction of the multitude.
Expounded all things to his disciples; that they might in due time explain them to others.
Verse 34. _HE EXPOUNDED ALL THINGS TO HIS DISCIPLES._] That they might be capable of instructing others. _Outside hearers_, those who do not come into _close fellowship_ with the true disciples of Chr...
WITHOUT A PARABLE SPAKE HE NOT UNTO THEM - That is, the things pertaining to his kingdom. On other subjects he spake without parables. On these, such was their prejudice, so many notions had they cont...
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
It was with many such parables that he kept speaking the word to them, suiting his instruction to their ability to hear it. It was his custom not to speak to them without a parable; and when they were...
TEACHING IN PARABLES (Mark 4:1-2)...
EXPOUNDED. kept expounding. Compare Luke 24:27 and 2 Peter 1:20....
The Parable of the Mustard Seed 30. _Whereunto shall we liken_ This method of asking a question before beginning a discourse was not unknown to the Rabbis. See the parallel in Luke 13:18....
33, 34. THE PRINCIPLE OF CHRIST’S PARABOLIC TEACHING Matthew 13:34...
ΤΟΙ͂Σ ἸΔΊΟΙΣ ΜΑΘΗΤΑΙ͂Σ ([837][838][839][840][841]) rather than τ. μαθ. αὐτοῦ ([842][843][844]). [837] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on...
_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...
ΧΩΡΊΣ тот с _gen._ без. ΈΠΈΛΥΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΛΎΩ (G1956) развязывать, отпускать, объяснять, толковать....
G. LAST WORDS ON PARABLES 4:33-34 _TEXT 4:33-34_ And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it: and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to...
_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...
_SUMMARY 4:34_5:43 The argument of this section is the same as that of the corresponding section in Matthew. (See Matthew 8:1 to Matthew 9:35.) It proves the divine power of Jesus by showing that he c...
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. BUT WITHOUT A PARABLE SPAKE HE NOT UNTO THEM. See the note at . AND WHEN THEY WE...
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....
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 EXPOUNDED. — The word may be noted as being the verb from which is formed the noun “interpretation” in 2 Peter 1:20, and so takes its place in the coincidences of phraseology which connect that Epi...
(33-34) AND WITH MANY SUCH PARABLES. — See Notes on Matthew 13:34. St. Mark’s omission of the reference to Psalms 78:2, and his addition of “as they were able to hear it,” are, each of them, character...
CHAPTER 4:30-34 (MARK 4:30) THE MUSTARD SEED "And He said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown...
χωρὶς παραβολῆς, etc., without a parable He was not wont to speak to the people, not merely that day, but at any time. ἐπέλυε, etc., He was in the habit of interpreting all things (_viz._, the parable...
_Conclusion of the parable collection_ (Matthew 13:34-35)....
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,...
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he (l) expounded all things to his disciples. (l) Literally, "loosed", as you would say, explained to them the hard riddles....
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...
(30) And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? (31) _It is_ like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than...
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...
_ALONE WITH CHRIST_ ‘And when they were alone, He expounded all things to His disciples.’ Mark 4:34 There is nothing like the direct teaching of Christ. It makes everything so very plain, so indivi...
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 WITHOUT A PARABLE SPAKE HE NOT UNTO THEM,.... For the above reason, as well as for the accomplishment of Scripture; Matthew 13:34, Matthew 13:35. AND WHEN THEY WERE ALONE, HE EXPOUNDED ALL THIN...
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. Ver. 34. _He expounded_] He read them the riddles, as it were, or untied the knots, ε...
_Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God_, &c. See notes on Matthew 13:31. _He spake the word unto them as they were able to hear it_ Adapting it to the capacity of his hearers, and speaking as pl...
BUT WITHOUT A PARABLE SPAKE HE NOT UNTO THEM; AND WHEN THEY WERE ALONE, HE EXPOUNDED ALL THINGS TO HIS DISCIPLES. The parables here related by Mark were by no means all that the Lord spoke on that day...
The end of the parables:...
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...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 4:33...
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics soever He is the Son, of what substance soever He is man and God, of what faith soever He is the, teacher, of what reward soever He is the Promiser, did, w...
Mark 4:34 But G1161 without G5565 parable G3850 not G3756 speak G2980 (G5707) them G846 And G1161 alone...
CONCLUDING WORDS (4:33-34). Mark concludes this section by pointing out that these parables that he has described were just examples of many parable that Jesus gave, and in fact that to the crowds He...
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...
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 4:30-34. THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD-SEED. See on Matthew 13:31-35; comp. Luke 13:18-19....
Mark 4:34. AND, not ‘but.' The contrast begins with the next clause. WITHOUT A PARABLE SPAKE HE NOT. Our Lord did instruct in other ways, but now that the separation had begun, He taught a _certain s...
BUT PRIVATELY TO HIS DISCIPLES HE EXPOUNDED ALL THINGS (κατ' ιδιαν δε τοις ιδιοις μαθηταις επελυεν παντα). To his own (ιδιοις) disciples in private, in distinction from the mass of the people Jesus...
Mark 4:33 This text may be used as supplying three lessons as to the duties of the Christian teacher. I. He must adapt himself to his hearers. II. He must consider his hearers rather than himself....
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...
HE WOULD EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO THEM. Compare notes on Matthew 13:36-43....
_But without a parable spake He not unto them._ CHRIST’S ECONOMY OF TEACHING Not as He was able to have spoken; He could have expressed Himself at a higher rate than any mortal can; He could have so...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 4:34 HE DID NOT SPEAK TO THEM WITHOUT A PARABLE means that Jesus regularly included parables in his teaching. It does not mean he spoke only in parables....
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...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 4:30_ (PARALLELS: Matthew 13:31; Luke 13:18.) _The rise and progress of Christianity_.— I. CHRISTIANITY IS INSIGNIFICANT IN ITS BEGINNING.— 1. Its Founder a...
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...
Luke 24:27; Luke 24:44; Luke 8:9; Mark 4:10; Mark 7:17;...
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...