Mark 4:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said,So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; ”

Mark 4:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So is the kingdom of God - The gospel, or religion in the soul, may be compared to this. See the notes at Matthew 3:2 . This parable is recorded only by Mark.
Mark 4:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; (4) The Lord sows and reaps in a manner unknown to men.
Mark 4:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Mark 4:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

So . Thus. if. . contingent hypothesis. App-118. a man . Greek. anthropos. App-123. should cast . should have cast. seed . the seed. into . upon. Greek. epi . App-104.
Mark 4:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:26 . So is the kingdom of God. Though this comparison has the same object with the two immediately preceding, yet Christ appears to direct his discourse purposely to the ministers of...
Mark 4:26 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1423 THE SPRINGING FIELD Mark 4:26-29 . And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed sho...
Mark 4:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; So is the kingdom of God - This parable is mentioned only by Mark, a proof that Mark did not abridge Matthew. Whit...
Mark 4:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So is the kingdom of God,— In this parable we are informed, that as the husbandman does not, by any efficacy of his own, cause the seed to grow, but leaves it to be nourished by the soil and sun; s...
Mark 4:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Mark 4:26 - 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.
Mark 4:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As if a man should cast seed into the ground. — What follows has the special interest of being the only parable peculiar to St. Mark, one therefore which had escaped the manifest eagerness of St....
Mark 4:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 4:26-29 ( Mark 4:26-29 ) THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY "And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth; and should sleep and rise night and day, and the se...
Mark 4:26 - 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...
Mark 4:26 - 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...
Mark 4:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(26) And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground: (27) And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. (2...
Mark 4:26 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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 sickl...
Mark 4:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said ,.... He went on saying the following parable, which was delivered at the same time that the parable of the sower was, though omitted by Matthew; and is here placed between that, and the...
Mark 4:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; Ver. 26. So is the kingdom of God ] God sows and reaps in the Church, though none observes it, and hath his fr...
Mark 4:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So is the kingdom of God The gospel dispensation, whereby God overthrows the kingdom of Satan, collects subjects to himself, and erects and establishes his own kingdom. The grace of God in the soul...
Mark 4:26 - 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...
Mark 4:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Gradual Advance of the Gospel. 21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not...
Mark 4:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 26-29. Our evangelist alone taketh notice of this parable, nor hath it any particular explication annexed. If we expound it with relation to what went before, the scope of it seemeth to be, to l...
Mark 4:26 - 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...
Mark 4:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 4:29 . But as soon as the fruit is mature, straightway he putteth forth the sickle , etc. Cp. Joel 4:13 (LXX.). See also 1 Peter 1:23-25 ; Revelation 14:14-1...
Mark 4:26 - Scofield Reference Notes

kingdom ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 6:33 ).
Mark 4:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Mark 4:26-27 Mysterious growth. We little think how much is always going on in what we may call the underground of life; and how much more we have to do with those secret processes which underlie...
Mark 4:26 - 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...
Mark 4:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground. The religion of Christ I. The religion of Christ is a reign. It is not a creed, or a sentiment, or a ritualism, but a reg...
Mark 4:26 - 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...
Mark 4:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,
Mark 4:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:6-9 ; 1 Peter 1:23-25 ; Ecclesiastes 11:4 ; Ecclesiastes 11:6 ; Isaiah 28:24-26 ; Isaiah 32:20 ; James 3:18 ; John 12:24 ; John 4:36-38 ; Luke 13:18 ; Luke 8:11 ; Luke 8:5...
Mark 4:26 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Getting What You Give Mark 4:24-41 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are many "as" and "sos" in the "Word of God. These cover various lines of consideration. Let us suggest one or two of these before w...
Mark 4:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So is the kingdom of God — The inward kingdom is like seed which a man casts into the ground — This a preacher of the Gospel casts into the heart. And he sleeps and rises night and day — That is, h...

Mark 4:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mark 4:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Mark 4:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Mark 4:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:26 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Mark 4:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Mark 4:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Mark 4:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Mark 4:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mark 4:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Mark 4:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Mark 4:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Mark 4:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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

Mark 4:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Mark 4:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Mark 4:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 4:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mark 4:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Mark 4:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Mark 4:26 - Scofield Reference Notes

Mark 4:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Mark 4:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 4:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Mark 4:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Mark 4:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Mark 4:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 4:26 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Mark 4:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes