Mark 4:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: ”

Mark 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9 . See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9 .
Mark 4:5 - 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...
Mark 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

on . Greek. epi. App-104. Not the some word as in Mark 4:8 . stony ground . the rocky (place understood). not . Greek. ou . App-104. Not the same word as in Mark 4:12 . earth . soil. Gree...
Mark 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Mark 4:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Stony ground,— Or, Rocky ground.
Mark 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: No JFB commentary on these verses.
Mark 4:5 - 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 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (1-20) He began. — See Notes on Matthew 13:1-23 .
Mark 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 4:3-9, 14-20 ( Mark 4:3-9 ; Mark 4:14-20 ) THE SOWER "Hearken: Behold the sower went forth to sow: and it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came an...
Mark 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Brother to All Who Will Mark 3:20-35 ; Mark 4:1-9 The Pharisees circulated this infamous charge-not because they believed it, but to satisfy the questions that were being asked on all sides. W...
Mark 4:5 - 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 4:5 - 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...
Mark 4:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

LACKING DEPTH ‘And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth.’ Mark 4:5 I. The beautiful exterior .—How many are...
Mark 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And some fell on stony ground ,.... The word was preached to some persons who had hearts of stone, and which remained so: where it had not much earth ; and so could be received only in a notional...
Mark 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: Ver. 5. See Trapp on " Mat 13:5 "
Mark 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he began to teach by the seaside See notes on Matthew 13:1-17 . He taught them many things by parables After the usual manner of the eastern nations, to make his instructions more agreeable...
Mark 4:5 - 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 4:5 - 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...
Mark 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Mark 4:3 "
Mark 4:5 - 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 4:5 - 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...
Mark 4:5 - 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...
Mark 4:5 - 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 4:5 - 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...
Mark 4:5 - 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 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The parable of the fourfold soil:
Mark 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 6:12 ; Ezekiel 11:19 ; Ezekiel 36:26 ; Hosea 10:12 ; Luke 8:13 ; Luke 8:6 ; Mark 4:16 ; Mark 4:17 ; Matthew 13:20 ; Matthew 13:5 ; Matthew 13:6

Mark 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mark 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Mark 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Mark 4:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Mark 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Mark 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mark 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Mark 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Mark 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Mark 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Mark 4:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Mark 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Mark 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Mark 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 4:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mark 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mark 4:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Mark 4:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Mark 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 4:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Mark 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Mark 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Mark 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge