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**And.** Note t he Figure of speech *Polyeyedeton* ( App-6 ), in verses: [Mark 4:1-9](../../../kjv/mark/4/1-9) .
**again** . lie had taught there before. Compare [Mark 3:7-9](../../../kjv/mark/3/7-9) .
**by . . . side** = beside. Greek. *para* . App-104 .
**unto.** Cr. *pros.* App-104 .
**multitude =** crowd.
**into.** Greek. *eis* . App-104 .
**a** = the. i.e. in the ship on the sea. Greek *en.* App-104 .
**by** = toward: i.e. facing. Greek *pros,* as "unto", above.
**on** = upon. Greek. *epi* . App-104 .

**taught** = was teaching.
**by** = in. Greek. *en.* App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: [Mark 4:31](../../../kjv/mark/4/31) , [Mark 4:38](../../../kjv/mark/4/38) .
**doctrine** = teaching.

**Behold** . Figure of speech *Asterismos* ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Greek. *idou.* App-133 .
**there went out** . This parable is repeated in [Luke 8:4](../../../kjv/luke/8/4) under different circumstances from those in [Matthew 13:3](../../../kjv/matthew/13/3) , which accounts for the variation of wording. The *an tecedents* in Matthew and Mark are the visit or His kinsfolk, [Mark 3:31-34](../../../kjv/mark/3/31-34) (which is a *consequent* in [Luke 8:4](../../../kjv/luke/8/4) ). The *consequent* in Matthew and Mark is the question of the Twelve concerning others who asked the meaning. In Luke the *consequent is* the question of the Twelve as to its meaning (thus hearing it for the first time), followed by the visit of His kinsfolk. Why should not a parable be repeated several times? Why need they be identical? and why should not two accounts of the same be supplementary?

**it came to pass** . A Hebraism,
**as he sowed** = in (Greek. *in* as in [Mark 4:2](../../../kjv/mark/4/2) ) his sowing.

**on** . *Greek. epi.* App-104 . Not the some word as in [Mark 4:8](../../../kjv/mark/4/8) .
**stony ground** = the rocky (place understood).
**not** . Greek. *ou* . App-104 . Not the same word as in [Mark 4:12](../../../kjv/mark/4/12) .
**earth** = soil. Greek. *ge.* App-129 . Not the same word as in [Mark 4:12](../../../kjv/mark/4/12) .
**immediately.** See note on [Mark 1:12](../../../kjv/mark/1/12) .
**because,** &c. = on account of
**its having** . Greek. *dia* . App-104 .[Mark 4:2](../../../kjv/mark/4/2) .
**no.** Greek. *me* . App-105 . Not the same word as in verses: [Mark 4:7](../../../kjv/mark/4/7) , [Mark 4:17](../../../kjv/mark/4/17) , [Mark 4:40](../../../kjv/mark/4/40) .

**when . . . was up** = having risen.

**among** = into. Greek. *eis* App-104 .
**choked.** The Greek *sun* in *sumpnigo* , denotes suffocation by compression.
**it yielded no fruit** . ADivine supplement. Occurs only here.
**no.** Greek. *ou* . App-105 . Not the same word as in [Mark 4:5](../../../kjv/mark/4/5) , but the same as in verses: [Mark 4:17](../../../kjv/mark/4/17) , [Mark 4:40](../../../kjv/mark/4/40) .

**on** = into. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**good** . Because prepared.
**ground.** Same word as "earth" in [Mark 4:5](../../../kjv/mark/4/5) , [Mark 4:9](../../../kjv/mark/4/9) He that hath, fee. See App-142 .

**was =** came to be.
**they that were about Him . . . asked** . Occurs only in Mark. Showing that this parable was spoken after that in [Luke 8](../../../kjv/luke/8) . See note on [Mark 4:3](../../../kjv/mark/4/3) .
**about** = around. Greek *peri* . App-104 .
**with =** in conjunction with. Greek. *sun.* App-104 . Not the some word as in [Mark 4:16](../../../kjv/mark/4/16) , [Mark 4:24](../../../kjv/mark/4/24) , [Mark 4:30](../../../kjv/mark/4/30) , [Mark 4:36](../../../kjv/mark/4/36) .

**is** = hath been.
**know** = got to know. Greek. *ginosko,* App-132 . Compare [1 Corinthians 2:14](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/2/14) . All the texts omit "to know" and read "has been given the secret" of the Kingdom, &c.
**mystery** = secret. Not before made known: i.e. its proclamation would be received only by a few.
**the kingdom of God** . See App-114 .
**that are without** = outside (that circle). Occurs only in Mark. Compare [1 Corinthians 5:12](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/5/12) , 1Co 5:13 . [1 Thessalonians 4:12](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/12) . In Matthew "to them", In Luke "to others".
**done** = come to be (spoken).

**That, &c** . Quoted from [Isaiah 6:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/9) , [Isaiah 6:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/10) . See App-107 .
**seeing . . . see.** Figure of speech *Polyptoton,* ( App-6 ). Greek. *blepo.* App-133 .
**not.** Greek. *me* . App-105 .
**perceive** = see. App-133 .
**hearing . . . hear** . Figure of speech *Polyptoton .* App-6 .
**be converted =** return [to the Lord].
**sins** . App-128 .
**be forgiven.** See [Isaiah 6:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/10) .

**Know ye not . . . ?** = Have ye no intuitive knowledge of. Greek. *oida.* App-132 . A Divine supplement, here.
**parables =** the parables.

**word** , Greek. *logos* . See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .

**with gladness** . This effect of thus hearing has the "immediate" ending described in [Mark 4:17](../../../kjv/mark/4/17) .
**with** = in association with. Greek. *meta.* App-104 .

**and. . . for a time** = but are temporary.
**affliction** = tribulation.
**for . . . sake** = on account of. Greek. *dia.* App-104 .[Mark 4:2](../../../kjv/mark/4/2) .
**are offended** = stumble. The stumbling is as immediate as the "gladness "of [Mark 4:16](../../../kjv/mark/4/16) .

**cares** = anxieties.
**world** = age. Greek. *aion* . App-129 .
**of** = concerning. Greek. *peri.* App-104 .

**Is . . . brought =** Doth . . come. Figure of speech *l'rosopopoeia* App-6 .
**candle** = the lamp. Greek. *luchnos* . App-130 .
**to be put =** in order to be placed.
**under.** Greek. *hupo.* App-104 .
**bushel =** the measure.
**bed.** Greek *kline.* Not the same word as in [Mark 2:4](../../../kjv/mark/2/4) .
**and not to be** = [Is it] not [brought] in order that it may be.
**candlestick =** the lampstand.

**nothing** = not (Greek. *ou.* App-105 .) anything.
**manifested.** Greek *phaneroo.* App-106 .
**was any thing kept secret** = does a secret thing take place.
**it should come abroad** = it may come into (Greek. *eis.* App-104 .) [the] light ( App-130 8),

**If,** &c. Assuming the hypothesis as a fact. App-118 .

**Take heed.** App-133 .
**what** . On the former occasion the Lord said "how" ([Luke 8:18](../../../kjv/luke/8/18) ).
**with.** Greek. *en* . App-104 .
**to you. shall more be given** = to you, and that with interest.

**from.** Greek. *apo* . App-104 .

**So** = Thus.
**if.** A contingent hypothesis. App-118 .
**a man** . Greek. *anthropos.* App-123 .
**should cast** = should have cast.
**seed** = the seed.
**into** = upon. Greek. *epi* . App-104 .

**should sleep, and rise** . These Present Tenses, following the Past in [Mark 4:26](../../../kjv/mark/4/26) , indicate the continued rising and sleeping after the seed was sown.
**spring** = sprout.
**grow up** = lengthen.
**knoweth** = has no intuitive knowledge. Greek. *oida* App-132 .

**of herself** . Greek. *automate =* automatically. The word occurs only here and [Acts 12:10](../../../kjv/acts/12/10) . Galen (quoted by Wetstein) says it means "Not as being without a cause, but without a cause proceeding from us". "God clothes the grass". The explanation is in [1 Corinthians 3:6](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/3/6) , [1 Corinthians 3:7](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/3/7) ,
**the. the** = a. a.
**the full corn** = full corn.

**is brought forth** = delivers itself up.
**putteth in** = sentient forth. Greek *apostello.* App-174 ., Compare [John 4:38](../../../kjv/john/4/38) .

**comparison** = parable.
**shall we** = are we to.

**in upon.** Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**that be in the earth.** Divine supplement here.

**groweth up** . Divine supplement here.
**shooteth out** = makes.
**the air** = the heaven. Singular. See note on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) . Occurs only in Mark.

**spake** = was He speaking.
**as they were able to hear** . Occurs only in Mark.

**expounded** = kept expounding. Compare [Luke 24:27](../../../kjv/luke/24/27) and [2 Peter 1:20](../../../kjv/2-peter/1/20) .

**And the same day.** This miracle is not the same as that recorded in [Matthew 8:23-27](../../../kjv/matthew/8/23-27) , but is the same as that in [Luke 8:22-25](../../../kjv/luke/8/22-25) .
**into.** Greek. *eis* App-104 .

**also. ships** = boats also. Occurs only in Mark.
**other** . Greek. Plural of *allos.* App-124 .

**storm** = squall. The earlier storm in Matthew was caused by an earthquake (Greek. *seismos)* . That storm was *before* the calling of the Twelve ([Matthew 8:24](../../../kjv/matthew/8/24) and [Mark 10:1](../../../kjv/mark/10/1) ). This storm was *subsequent* (Compare [Mark 3:13](../../../kjv/mark/3/13) ).
**beat** = were beating Thecefoer an open boat.
**fullfilling.** In the earlier storm it was gettingcovered.

**in** = on. Greek. *epi* . App-104 . All the texts prefer Greek. *en* = in ( App-104 .)
**asleep** = sleeping (soundly). App-171 .
**a pillow** = the [wooden] seat [with its leathern covering [or cushion].
**Master** = Teacher. App-98 . [Mark 4:1](../../../kjv/mark/4/1) .
**perish** = are perishing.

**rebuked** the wind first, and then the disciples, because the danger was greater. In the earlier storm, He rebuked the disciples first, and the storm after, for the opposite reason.
**was** = became,

**so** = thus.

**feared exceedingly** = feared with a great fear. Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* App-6 .
**to.** Greek *pros.* App-104 .
**What manner of Mau . . . ?** = Who then is this One?

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