Mark 4:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said unto them,Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: ”

• Mark 4:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See the notes at Matthew 13:10-17 . On Mark 4:12 , see the notes at John 12:39-40 . When he was alone - That is, separate from the multitude. When he withdrew from the multitude a few follow...

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• Mark 4:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are (e) without, all [these] things are done in parables: (e) That is to say, to strangers,...

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• Mark 4:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Teaching by Parables. This section illustrates the method of teaching which the evangelist regards as characteristic of this period of the ministry. In it he combines some general observations abou...

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• Mark 4:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  is . hath been. know . got to know. Greek. ginosko, App-132. Compare 1 Corinthians 2:14 . All the texts omit "to know" and read "has been given the secret" of the Kingdom, &c. mystery . s...

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• Mark 4:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: Unto you it is given to know - Γνωναι,...

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• Mark 4:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 . Th...

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• Mark 4:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: No JFB commentary on these verses...

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• Mark 4:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Parable of the Sower. Stilling the Tempest 1-9. Parable of the Sower ( Matthew 13:1 ; Luke 8:4 ). See on Mt.

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• Mark 4:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  IV. (1-20) He began. — See Notes on Matthew 13:1-23 .

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• Mark 4:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Mark 4:10-13 Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4:1-2, 10-13 ( Mark 4:1-2 ; Mark 4:10-13 ) THE PARABLES "And again He began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto Him a very great multitude, s...

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• Mark 4:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Growth in God's Kingdom Mark 4:10-41 How quick the Master was to observe the meaning of natural symbols! To Him all things were unfoldings of eternal mystery, and the ways of men unconsciously...

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• Mark 4:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In verses Mark 4:1-2 ; Mark 4:10-12 , we have the explanation of the reason of the parabolic teaching of Jesus. He clothed divine truth in picture forms that men might more easily look upon it and...

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• Mark 4:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS. We have in this Chapter, the Parable of the Sower; of the Seed in its secret growth: and JESUS, on the Lake in a Storm. AND he began again to teach by the seaside: and there was g...

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• Mark 4:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he said unto them ,.... His disciples; unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God ; or the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, the secrets of the Gospel dispensation, the m...

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• Mark 4:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: Ver. 11. Unto them that are without...

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• Mark 4:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  When he was alone That is, retired apart from the multitude. Unto them that are without So the Jews termed the heathen: so our Lord terms all obstinate unbelievers; for they shall not enter into...

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• Mark 4:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  His teaching now at the seaside corresponds to Matthew 13:1-58 , but only two of the seven parables in Matthew are mentioned here, for Matthew gives a full dispensational picture, while Mark dwells...

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• Mark 4:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Parable of the Sower.       1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that...

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• Mark 4:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Mark 4:3 "

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• Mark 4:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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 gr...

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• Mark 4:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 4:1 . For a description of the surrounding scenery, which doubtless furnished many of the illustrations used in the following parables, see Stanley’s Sinai and...

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• Mark 4:11 - Scofield Reference Notes

  mystery ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 13:11 ).

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• Mark 4:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Mark 4:1 . And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea...

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• Mark 4:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Mark 4:12 . That seeing they may see, and not perceive. St. Luke gives the true sense of these words, which often occur. Acts 28:26-27 . They mark, according to Dr. Lightfoot, the obduracy which...

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• Mark 4:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. Though men be outward hearers of the Word, and do also in some sort understand what is taught, yet if their hearts be so...

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• Mark 4:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Mark 4:1 And again he began to teach by the seaside. This return to the seaside is mentioned by St. Mark only. From this time our Lord's teaching began to be more public. Th...

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• Mark 4:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The disciples ask for an explanation:

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• Mark 4:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 4:7 ; 1 Corinthians 5:12 ; 1 Corinthians 5:13 ; 1 John 5:20 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:12 ; 1 Timothy 3:7 ; 2 Corinthians 4:6 ; Colossians 4:5 ; Ephesians 1:9 ; Ephesians 2:4-10 ; J...

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• Mark 4:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  To them that are without — So the Jews termed the heathens: so our Lord terms all obstinate unbelievers: for they shall not enter into his kingdom: they shall abide in outer darkness.

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