Mark 4:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. ”

Mark 4:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And should sleep, and rise night and day - Should sleep in the night and rise by day, for so the expression is to be understood. That is, should live in his usual way, without exerting any influe...
Mark 4:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And (g) should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he (h) knoweth not how. (g) That is, when he has finished sowing should wait both day and night not doubting tha...
Mark 4:27 - 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 4:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

should sleep, and rise . These Present Tenses, following the Past in Mark 4:26 , indicate the continued rising and sleeping after the seed was sown. spring . sprout. grow up . lengthen. knowe...
Mark 4:27 - 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 4:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. And should sleep and rise night and day - That is, he should sleep by night, and rise by day; for...
Mark 4:27 - 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 4:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. And should sleep, and rise night and day - go about his other ordinary occupations, leavi...
Mark 4:27 - 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 4:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And should sleep, and rise. — So it was in the world’s history. Men knew not the greatness of the new force that had been brought into action. Philosophers and statesmen ignored it. Even the very p...
Mark 4:27 - 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 4:27 - 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 4:27 - 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 4:27 - 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 4:27 - 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 4:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And should sleep ,.... That is, the man that casts in the seed, who represents the ministers of the Gospel: and, as applied to them, is not to be understood of natural sleep, and indulging themselve...
Mark 4:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. Ver. 27. And should sleep ] Ministers must rest secure with the success of their endeavours,...
Mark 4:27 - 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 4:27 - 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 4:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Mark 4:2 6 "
Mark 4:27 - 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 4:27 - 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 4:27 - 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 4:27 - 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 4:27 - 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 4:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The parable of the seed:
Mark 4:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:37 ; 1 Corinthians 15:38 ; 2 Peter 3:18 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:3 ; Ecclesiastes 11:5 ; Ecclesiastes 8:17 ; John 3:7 ; John 3:8
Mark 4:27 - 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 4:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mark 4:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Mark 4:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Mark 4:27 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Mark 4:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Mark 4:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Mark 4:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Mark 4:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mark 4:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Mark 4:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Mark 4:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Mark 4:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Mark 4:27 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Mark 4:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Mark 4:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Mark 4:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mark 4:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mark 4:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Mark 4:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Mark 4:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 4:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Mark 4:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Mark 4:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 4:27 - Wells of Living Water Commentary