Luke 8:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. ”

Luke 8:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-23 .
Luke 8:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Parable of the Sower ( Mark 4:1-20 *, Matthew 13:4-23 *). Having dropped Mk. at Luke 6:19 , Lk. here resumes his predecessor's narrative, though reserving Mark 3:20-35 till later. Lk.'s versi...
Luke 8:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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) w...
Luke 8:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. A sower went out to sow - See all this parable largely exp...
Luke 8:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 4:1-23 .
Luke 8:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parable of the Sower. The Demoniac of Gadara 1-3. Tours through Galilee. The ministering women (peculiar to Lk).
Luke 8:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(5-15) A sower went out to sow. — See Notes on Matthew 13:3-23 . Better, the sower. The vivid touch that the seed was “trodden down” is peculiar to St. Luke.
Luke 8:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 14 THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. Luke 8:1-18 IN a single parenthetical sentence our Evangelist indicates a marked change in the mode of the Divine ministry. Hitherto "His own city," Capern...
Luke 8:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 village...
Luke 8:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 th...
Luke 8:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 i...
Luke 8:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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...
Luke 8:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 th...
Luke 8:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 o...
Luke 8:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Luke 8:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a para...
Luke 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 8:4 "
Luke 8:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 6:20-49 ), and having in various w...
Luke 8:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Luke 8:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 di...
Luke 8:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Luke 8:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 bec...
Luke 8:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 8:1-42 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...
Luke 8:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The parable of the fourfold soil:
Luke 8:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 15:11 ; Hebrews 2:1 ; James 1:23 ; James 1:24 ; Luke 8:11 ; Luke 8:12 ; Mark 4:15 ; Mark 4:2-4 ; Mark 4:26-29 ; Matthew 5:13 ; Psalms 119:118

Luke 8:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 8:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 8:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 8:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 8:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 8:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 8:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 8:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 8:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 8:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 8:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 8:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 8:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 8:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 8:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 8:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 8:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 8:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 8:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 8:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 8:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 8:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 8:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 8:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge