Mark 4:33 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. ”

Mark 4:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Spake he the word - The word of God. The doctrines of his gospel. As they were able to hear it - As they could comprehend it. They were like children; and he was obliged to lead them along ca...
Mark 4:33 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, (k) as they were able to hear [it]. (k) According to the ability of the hearers.
Mark 4:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Mark 4:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spake . was He speaking. as they were able to hear . Occurs only in Mark.
Mark 4:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it . With many such parables - Πολλαις, many, is omitted by L, sixteen others; the Syriac, both the Persic, one Ara...
Mark 4:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. Had this been sai...
Mark 4:33 - 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 4:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(33-34) And with many such parables. — See Notes on Matthew 13:34-35 . St. Mark’s omission of the reference to Psalms 78:2 , and his addition of “as they were able to hear it,” are, each of them,...
Mark 4:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 4:30-34 ( Mark 4:30-34 ) THE MUSTARD SEED "And He said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it...
Mark 4:33 - 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 4:33 - 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 4:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(30) And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? (31) It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less tha...
Mark 4:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And with many such parables ,.... As those of the tares, of the leaven in three measures of meal, of the treasure hid in the field, the pearl of great price, the net cast into the sea, and of the Sc...
Mark 4:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it . Ver. 33. As they were able to hear ] Not as he was able to have spoken: a minister must masticate his matt...
Mark 4:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God , &c. See notes on Matthew 13:31-32 . He spake the word unto them as they were able to hear it Adapting it to the capacity of his hearers, and spea...
Mark 4:33 - 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 4:33 - 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 4:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 33,34. From hence we may gather that all the parables by which our Saviour instructed his hearers are not recorded by the evangelists, though many be, and some mentioned by one, some by two of t...
Mark 4:33 - 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 4:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 4:30-34 (PARALLELS: Matthew 13:31-32 ; Luke 13:18-19 .) The rise and progress of Christianity .— I. Christianity is insignificant in its beginning ....
Mark 4:33 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Mark 4:26-33 Christ's Idea of Christianity. I. The kingdom of God, or the beginning of a truly religious life in the soul of a man, may be obscure, imperceptible and unconscious. When a man is bu...
Mark 4:33 - 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 4:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

But without a parable spake He not unto them. Christ’s economy of teaching Not as He was able to have spoken; He could have expressed Himself at a higher rate than any mortal can; He could have...
Mark 4:33 - 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 4:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And with many such parables spake He the Word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
Mark 4:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:1 ; 1 Corinthians 3:2 ; Hebrews 5:11-14 ; John 16:12 ; Matthew 13:34 ; Matthew 13:35
Mark 4:33 - 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 4:33 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He spake the word as they were able to hear it — Adapting it to the capacity of his hearers; and speaking as plain as he could without offending them. A rule never to be forgotten by those who inst...

Mark 4:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mark 4:33 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Mark 4:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Mark 4:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Mark 4:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Mark 4:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mark 4:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Mark 4:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Mark 4:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Mark 4:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Mark 4:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Mark 4:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Mark 4:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 4:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mark 4:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Mark 4:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Mark 4:33 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Mark 4:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 4:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

Mark 4:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Mark 4:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Mark 4:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 4:33 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Mark 4:33 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes