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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...
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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...
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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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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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_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...
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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....
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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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ΠΑΡΑΔΟΪ́ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G3860)
позволять, разрешать. _Conj._ с ΌΤΑΝ (G3752)
используется в indef. _temp. прид._ ΔΡΈΠΑΝΟΝ
(G1407) серп,
ΠΑΡΈΣΤΗΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G3...
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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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_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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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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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...
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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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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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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...
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CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL
_KEITH SIMONS_
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CHAPTER 4
THE STORY ABOUT THE SEEDS
VERSES 1-9
Every farmer knows that he must plant his s...
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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...
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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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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....
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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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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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_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...
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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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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;...
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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...
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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...
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The parable of the seed:...
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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...
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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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BROUGHT FORTH:
Or, ripe...
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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 "MR 4: 26 ...
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Mark 4:29 But G1161 when G3752 grain G2590 ripens G3860 (G5632)
immediately G2112 in G649 (G5719) sickle...
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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 4:29. 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...
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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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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...
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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
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 4:28
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...
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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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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.)...
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_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...
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MARK—NOTE ON MARK 4:29 SICKLE and HARVEST are symbolic language for
the last judgment (see Joel 3:13)....
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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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2 Timothy 4:7; 2 Timothy 4:8; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 57:2; Job 5:26;...
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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...
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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...