Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 4:11-12
Mark 4:11-12. Unto them that were without— Τοις εξω, the people out of the vessel,—the multitude on the shore. See εξω, used in a similar sense in the history of Peter's denial of his Master, Matthew 26:69. The following words at first sight seem to import, that Jesus spoke to the people obscurely, in parables, on purpose that they might not understand what he said, for fear they should have been converted and pardoned. Nevertheless it is evident from St. Mark himself, that this was not our... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 4:10
Mark 4:10. And when he was alone,— Many writers of harmonies, thinking this inconsistent with the acknowledged circumstances of the history, havesupposed, that the interpretation of the parable was not given now, but on some other occasion, though, for the sake of perspicuity, it is related together with the parable; yet the nature of the thing, as well as the testimony of St. Matthew, Mat 13:10 prove sufficiently, that the question which occasioned this interpretation was put immediately after... read more