Mark 4:29-34 WEB

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:26-29

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, because the harvest is come.’ Mark 4:26-Joel : The central thought of this parable is that God’s own Divine power is at work in God’s own Kingdom. ‘The earth bringeth forth fruit of herself’—not of herself apart from God, but apart from the man who sows the seed. He does his work; the seed springs... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:30-31

MARKS OF THE CHURCH‘Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God?… It is like a grain of mustard seed.’ Mark 4:30-Obadiah : What are the characteristics of the Church which would possess the future? What are the conditions under which alone the mustard seed, which has grown so high already, shall fill the world? I. Proclaims the love of God.—The future can only belong to a Church which believes and preaches the forth-reaching, energising, and active love of God. To be out of the warmth of the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:34

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 individual, so precious. And the ordinance of the pulpit will be to very little good if it do not send you into the privacy of your own room, there to have it all over again from Him to your separate and salient heart. I. The disciple’s privilege.—Let us take care that we lay its proper and comforting stress... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:1-34

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 gradually built up to the idea of the new community of believers who hear His words and do the will of His Father who are His brothers and sisters (Mark 3:34-35). These are the first proclaimed members of the newly established Kingly Rule of God. Now that is to be expanded on. That is why Jesus will now... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:26-29

‘And he said, “So is the Kingly Rule of God, as if a man should cast seed on the earth, and should sleep and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he does not know how. The earth bears fruit of herself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is ripe (literally, ‘when the fruit allows’), he puts forth the sickle because the harvest is come.” ’ Here the parable is said to specifically apply to the Kingly Rule of God. Here He is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:26-32

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 new life and steady growth as God’s rain falls on it (Isaiah 55:10 where it is literally ‘bring to birth and sprout/grow’). The first parable emphasises the secrecy but certainty of the result because it is God Who is at work, and the second parable the rapidly expanding nature of the outstanding... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:30-32

‘And he said, “How shall we liken the Kingly Rule of God, or in what picture (parabolos) shall we set it forth? It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown on the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth, yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out sizeable branches so that the birds of the air can shelter under their shadow.” ’ The contrast here is one of size. The commencement seems very small but the growth is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:33-34

‘And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. And he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.’ It is clear from these words that Jesus taught many parables of which we have no record. These were but a selection. And it seems from what Mark says here that they were used by Jesus to stir men’s interest without intending to enlighten them overmuch unless they responded. He wanted to stir their... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:26-32

Mark 4:26-Jonah : . 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 thus: “ The kingdom of God is also a sowing whose inevitable growth is independent of men’ s will and even of the will of the sower. Like the labourer, Jesus sows the kingdom by preaching the gospel: it is not His work to bring the harvest, i.e. the complete coming of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:33

Mark 4:33 f. These verses seem to apply to the general practice of Jesus at this period rather than to the events of one day. Mark 4:33 gives the true purpose of parabolic teaching; Mark 4:34 embodies the evangelist’ s later theory, which leads him to regard such a saying as Mark 7:15 as a parable. read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:26-29

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:30-31

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 4:34

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:1-34

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:26-29

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:26-32

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:30-32

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:33-34

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:26-32

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 4:33

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