The mysteries (τα μυστηρια). See for this word on Mt 13:11; Mr 4:11. Part of the mystery here explained is how so many people who …

That seeing they might not...—Saint Luke, like Saint Mark, gives the words of Isaiah, but not as a quotation. On the diff…

It was a time of judicial visitations. These people had for centuries refused to hear the voice of God, and now they were to pay the penalty for th…

Theophylact of Ohrid: That which David had foretold in the person of Christ, I will open my mouth in parables, the…

Here in Luke the disciples’ question refers only to this parable, not to Jesus’ larger ministry (cf. Matthew 13:10; [Reference Mark 4:10…

And he said, to you it is given to know the mysteries of
the kingdom of God
The doctr…

There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy ar…