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Luke 8:5-15
(5-15) A sower went out to sow. — See Notes on Matthew 13:3. Better, the sower. The vivid touch that the seed was “trodden down” is peculiar to St. Luke.
(5-15) A sower went out to sow. — See Notes on Matthew 13:3. Better, the sower. The vivid touch that the seed was “trodden down” is peculiar to St. Luke.
Verse Luke 8:5. _A SOWER WENT OUT TO SOW_] See all this parable largely explained on Matthew 13:1....
See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1....
CHAPTER 8 __ 1. The Ministering Company (Luke 8:1 .) 2. The Parable of the Sower. (Luke 8:4 .) 3. The Parable of the Lighted Candle. (Luke 8:16) 4. The Declaration of a New Relationship. ...
PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Mark 4:1 *, Matthew 13:4 *). Having dropped Mk. at Luke 6:19, Lk. here resumes his predecessor's narrative, though reserving Mark 3:20 till
ON THE ROAD (Luke 8:1-3)...
When a great crowd had gathered, and when they came to him from every city, Jesus spoke to them by means of a parable. The sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed some seed fell by the wayside. It...
A SOWER. Greek. "the sower". The first utterance of the parable, which was repeated (and varied) and combined with seven other parables, later on, after the arrival of His kindred. This (in Luke) was...
_A sower went out_ Rather, THE SOWER; as also THE rock, THE thorns. St Mark (Mark 4:3) preserves for us the graphic detail that Jesus prefaced this new method of teaching by the one emphatic word _"He...
Ὁ ΣΠΕΊΡΩΝ. ‘The sower;’ as also ‘the’ rock, ‘the’ thorns. No doubt these may be regarded as _generic_ articles, marking the class; but they give a more graphic turn to the story, and in all probabilit...
THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER...
Ver 4. And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable: 5. A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and...
ΈΞΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831) выходить, ΣΠΕΊΡΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΠΕΊΡΩ (G4687) сеять. Part, в роли _subst._ ΣΠΕΪ́ΡΑΙ _aor. act. inf. Inf._ цели, ΣΠΕΊΡΕΙΝ _praes. act._~inf....
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Parable of the Sower Scripture_ Luke 8:4-15 And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable: 5 The sower went forth...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 In Educating The Ego (Luke 8:1-21) 8 Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve wer...
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 4:1....
44 An honored guest would not only be given water, but would have had his feet washed by a slave; he would have been given a kiss of welcome by his host; and he would have been sprayed or rubbed with...
PARABLE OF THE SOWER. THE DEMONIAC OF GADARA 1-3. Tours through Galilee. The ministering women (peculiar to Lk)....
PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Matthew 13:1; Mark 4:1). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 8 THE WOMEN WHO HELPED JESUS 8:1-3 V1 Soon afterwards, Jesus travelled round the towns and villages. He brought the good news about the *kingdom of G...
CHAPTER 14 THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. Luke 8:1 IN a single parenthetical sentence our Evangelist indicates a marked change in the mode of the Divine ministry. Hitherto "His own city," Capernaum, has...
τὸν σπόρον α.: an editorial addition, that could be dispensed with. ὃ μὲν, one part, ὃ neuter, replied to by καὶ ἕτερον = ἕτερον δὲ in Luke 8:6....
_Parable of the sower_ (Matthew 13:1-9; Mark 4:1-9)....
VARIOUS HEARERS OF THE WORD OF GOD Luke 8:1-15 Hitherto our Lord had made Capernaum His center; now He started on a circuit through the province of Galilee, going through its cities and villages in...
Luke here refers to our Lord's journeyings, and reveals the interesting and beautiful fact of how women of wealth provided for him on the material level, ministering to Him of their substance. At this...
CHAPTER 26 THE SOWER Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-25; & Luke 8:4-18. Mark: “And again He began to teach by the sea; and a great multitude were gathered unto Him, so that, entering into a ship, He sat in...
7. _The Parable of the Sower: Luke 8:4-18_. The preceding passage indicated a change in the mode of the Lord's outward life. The following passage indicates a change in His mode of teaching; a crisis,...
The following passage contains: 1 _st._ The parable (Luke 8:4-8); 2 _d._ The explanations given by Jesus respecting this mode of teaching (Luke 8:9-10); 3 _d._ The exposition of the parable (Luke 8:11...
(4) And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: (5) A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_THE SOWER AND THE SEED_ ‘A sower went out to sow his seed.’ Luke 8:5 The principle of moral and spiritual life in you is a seed, and as such it is endowed with a power of independent separate grow...
_SOWERS FOR THE KINGDOM_ ‘Some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, becau...
_BENEATH THE SURFACE_ ‘As he sowed.’ Luke 8:5 Ages have passed, and Christ is the Sower still, by whatever instrument He works, for we are God’s husbandry as well as God’s building. And the ‘seed’...
In chapter 8 the Lord explains the import and the effect of His ministry; and especially, I doubt not, its effect among the Jews. However great the unbelief, Jesus carries on His work to the end, and...
A SOWER WENT OUT TO SOW HIS SEED,.... By whom Jesus Christ is chiefly designed; though it is true of every preacher of the Gospel: who goes forth, being sent by Christ, with the precious seed of the w...
_And when much people were gathered together_ To be instructed by his discourse, as well as to see, or be healed by, his miracles; _and were come to him_ In crowds; _out of every city_ In that part of...
Parable of the sower. Matthew 13:1-23....
A SOWER WENT OUT TO SOW HIS SEED; AND AS HE SOWED, SOME FELL BY THE WAYSIDE; AND IT WAS TRODDEN DOWN, AND THE FOWLS OF THE AIR DEVOURED IT....
The parable of the fourfold soil:...
WOMEN PROVIDING FOR THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-3) The grace of the heart of the Lord Jesus must be made known through all the country, though not yet in its fullness, nor as resulting from the value of the...
4-21 There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if t...
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1 Clement The night sinks to sleep, and the day arises; the day [again] departs, and the night comes on. Let us behold the fruits [of the earth], how the sowing of grain takes place. The sower[102]...
Luke 8:5 sower G4687 (G5723) out G1831 (G5627) sow G4687 (G5658) his G846 seed G4703 And...
CHAPTER 8. Jesus Proclaims the Parables of the Kingly Rule of God (8:1-18). Having commenced this part section with the new Law of the Kingly Rule of God (Luke 6:20), and having in various ways revea...
THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER (8:4-8). The purpose of this parable appears to be in order to explain why not all who heard His words responded fully, and to encourage His followers with the knowledge that...
‘The sower went forth to sow his seed, and as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.' So it was with the sower here. Some of his...
Luke 8:5-15. THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER and its interpretation. See on Matthew 13:3-8; Matthew 13:18-23; Mark 4:3-20. The new details are few
CHRONOLOGY. It is evident from the parallel accounts that the incident of Luke 8:19-21 preceded the parable, etc., Luke 8:4-18. Some would even insert between them a number of discourses related by Lu...
HIS SEED (τον σπορον αυτου). Peculiar to Luke.WAS TRODDEN UNDER FOOT (κατεπατηθη). First aorist passive indicative of καταπατεω. Peculiar to Luke here.OF THE HEAVENS (του ουρανου). Added in Luk...
Luke 8:1. _And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,_ Our Lord's displ...
CONTENTS: Jesus preaching and healing in Galilee. Parable of the sower, the lighted candle. Stilling of the waves. Demons cast out of man of Gadara. Healing of a woman. Raising of Jairus' daughter. C...
Luke 8:2. _Mary, called Magdalene._ Origen reckons three women who anointed the Saviour. The first, in the house of Simon the pharisee. Luke 7:37. The second, the woman who anointed him six days befor...
A MAN WENT OUT TO SOW HIS SEED. For notes on this parable, see Matthew 13:1-23....
_A Sower went out to sow his seed_ PARABLE OF THE SOWER I. BY THE WAYSIDE. 1. The design intended in God’s ordinance of preaching--what is it? We answer, your salvation. 2. The means of becoming i...
_Some fell by the wayside_ THE FIELD-PATH This first kind of soil is the only one of the four mentioned in which nothing came of the sowing. In this alone there is a combination of causes which ren...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 8:4 The focus of this parable is on the various kinds of soil on which the sower sows his seed. PARABLE. A story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson. SOME FELL ON THE ROCK lying...
JESUS TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE FOUR SOILS MATTHEW 13:1-9; MARK 4:1-9; LUKE 8:4-8; MATTHEW 13:1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by th
CHAPTER 8 VER. 1. _And the twelve_ (apostles) _were with Him, i.e._ they accompanied Jesus as He went through the cities and villages preaching....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 8:4. A PARABLE.—The word “parable” means a putting forth of one thing beside another for the purpose of comparison between them. Christ’s adoption of this mode of teaching marks...
EXPOSITION LUKE 8:1 _St. Luke_'_s brief notice of the women who formed part of the company of Jesus._ LUKE 8:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTERWARD. St. Luke here notices an alteration in the Master's wa...
And it came to pass afterward, as he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been h...
Genesis 15:11; Hebrews 2:1; James 1:23; James 1:24; Luke 8:11;...
To sow. See on Matthew 13:3. His seed. Peculiar to Luke. By the way - side. See on Matthew 13:4. Was trodden down. A rendering which would apply better to standing grain. Render, as Rev., trodden u...