Asked (επηρωτων). Imperfect of επερωταω (επ and ερωταω) where Mr 4:10 has ηρωτων (uncompounded imperfect), both the tense and the …

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 his disciples asked him
That is, as Mark says, "when he was alone"; after the multitude were departed, and they …

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…