Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown (1871). Conservative evangelical (Church of Scotland and Anglican); concise and critical.
PARABLE OF THE SOWER — REASON FOR TEACHING IN PARABLES — PARABLES OF THE SEED GROWING WE KNOW NOT HOW, AND OF THE MUSTARD SEED. ( = Mat. 13:1-23, 31, 32; Luk 8:4-18). (Mark 4:1-34)
And he began again to teach by the seaside: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude — or, according to another well-supported reading, "a mighty" or "immense multitude."
so that he entered into a ship — rather, "the ship," meaning the one mentioned in Mar 3:9. (See on Mat 12:15).
and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land — crowded on the seashore to listen to Him. (See on Mat 13:1-2.)
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown (1871). Conservative evangelical (Church of Scotland and Anglican); concise and critical.
Introduction to chapter 3
PARABLE OF THE SOWER — REASON FOR TEACHING IN PARABLES — PARABLES OF THE SEED GROWING WE KNOW NOT HOW, AND OF THE MUSTARD SEED. ( = Mat. 13:1-23, 31, 32; Luk 8:4-18). (Mark 4:1-34)
And he began again to teach by the seaside: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude — or, according to another well-supported reading, "a mighty" or "immense multitude."
so that he entered into a ship — rather, "the ship," meaning the one mentioned in Mar 3:9. (See on Mat 12:15).
and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land — crowded on the seashore to listen to Him. (See on Mat 13:1-2.)
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