Should sleep and rise (καθευδη κα εγειρητα). Present subjunctive for continued action. So also

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And should sleep, and rise night and day. He should sleep at night and rise by day, for this is how the expression is to be understood. Th…

And should sleep, and rise.—So it was in the world’s history. Men did not know the greatness of the new force that had be…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: A parable appeared a little earlier about the three seeds that perished in various ways and the one …

This parable emphasizes the mysterious power of the seed to produce a crop. All the farmer can do is plant the seed on suitable ground; he cannot m…

And should sleep
That is, the man that casts in the seed, who represents the ministers of the Gospel: and, as applie…

These declarations were intended to draw the disciples' attention to the word of Christ. By His instructing them in this way, they were enabled to …