{"id":8892,"date":"2024-08-05T10:48:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=8892"},"modified":"2024-10-15T06:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T12:56:40","slug":"mark-41-2-9-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=8892","title":{"rendered":"Mark 4:1-2; 9-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 <\/span>And again He began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2\u00a0<\/sup>Then He taught them many things by parables, and said to them in His teaching:<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

9\u00a0<\/sup>And He said to them, \u201cHe who has ears to hear, let him hear!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

10\u00a0<\/sup>But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. <\/span> 11\u00a0<\/sup>And He said to them, \u201cTo you it has been given to<\/span> know the<\/span>\u00a0mystery of the kingdom of God; but to<\/span> those who are outside, all things come in parables,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

12\u00a0<\/sup>so that <\/span><\/span>\u2018Seeing they may see and not perceive, a<\/span><\/span>nd hearing they may hear and not understand; <\/span><\/span>Lest they should turn, a<\/span><\/span>nd their sins be forgiven them.\u2019<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

<\/span>13\u00a0<\/sup>And He said to them, \u201cDo you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Also found in Matthew 13:1-3<\/span><\/a> and Luke 8:4.<\/h3>\n

great (v.1) \u2014 a superlative, the crowd was very large<\/h3>\n

boat (v.1) \u2014 Not a rowboat, as in Mark 3:9<\/span><\/a>, but a larger boat, moored close to shore. The rowboat was likely the boat used to reach the larger boat.<\/h3>\n

taught (v.2) \u2014 tense indicates a continued action. The Lord gave information and explanation, as opposed to making proclamations.<\/h3>\n

parables (v.2) = lit. “the placing of two things side by side for purposes of comparison.” So, a spiritual truth compared to a truth from the natural world.<\/h3>\n

teaching (v.2) = doctrine, that which is taught<\/h3>\n

those around Him with the twelve (v.10) \u2014 apparently a larger group than just the 12, probably His followers from whom the apostles were chosen.<\/h3>\n

parable (v.10) \u2014 should be plural. They asked Him about His parables. This seems to indicate that the key to understanding them was the same \u2014 to understand one would be to understand all.<\/h3>\n

asked (v.10) \u2014 The Greek indicates that they asked as soon as they got a chance away from the crowd. Perhaps they waited until then because they didn’t want the crowd to know they didn’t understand, but they also were anxious to find out.<\/h3>\n

mystery (v.10) \u2014 The word … as used in Scripture means “the secret counsels of God which are hidden from the ungodly but when revealed to the godly, are understood by them.” the mystery is not in the fact that they are difficult of interpretation, but that they are impossible of interpretation until their meaning is revealed, when they become plain. \u2014 Wuest, page 85.<\/span><\/h3>\n

to you it has been given (v.11) \u2014 tense indicates a pat act with present results. The Greek indicates a sense of permanence \u2014 they had been given and would remain in possession of the secret.<\/h3>\n

those who are outside (v.11) \u2014 outside the circle, to be understood in the sense of contrast \u2014 so, here, the apostles, who sought understanding, as opposed to the Pharisees who had hostile minds.<\/h3>\n

The use of parables on this occasion was a penalty for judicial blindness on those who will not see. The parables are thus a condemnation on the willingly blind and hostile, while a guide and blessing to the enlightened. This is on the same principle as God hardening Pharaoh’s heart by forcing him to an issue which he did not want to meet (Romans 9:14-18<\/span><\/a>). Light resisted, blinds. Here, these Pharisees were attempting to show that our Lord was in league with Satan. They did not want the truth. Thus, rejecting the truth, they in a sense blinded themselves. The parables are so adjusted that they blind the one who wickedly rejects the truth, and enlighten the one who desires it. \u2014 Wuest, pages 85-86.<\/span><\/h3>\n

The quote is from Isaiah 6:9.<\/h3>\n

turn (v.12) = to turn one’s self about, to turn to, to return to, to cause to return, to bring back. A reversal of one’s position from one previously held.<\/h3>\n

Their sins be forgiven them (v.12) \u2014 “Their sins” does not appear in the best texts. It should be “it should be forgiven them.” The Pharisees would not be forgiven their blasphemous accusations against Jesus. Jesus used the words of Isaiah to declare their doom. The verb is singular, referring to one thing \u2014 their rejection of the truth.<\/h3>\n

do you not understand (v.12) \u2014 The apostles had been given the secret (the mystery of the Kingdom of God) and should have understood the parables. Jesus was saying that, if they didn’t understand the parable of the sower, they couldn’t understand any of the parables.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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