While men slept (εν τω καθευδειν τους ανθρωπους). Same use of the articular present infinitive with εν and the accusative as in 13…

While men slept, his enemy came. That is, in the night, when it could be done without being seen, an enemy came and scattered bad…

His enemy came and sowed tares—The act described was then, and still is, a common form of Eastern malice or revenge. It easily escaped det…

But while men slept his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

It was a very malicious action. This has been…

St. John Chrysostom: In the previous parable, the Lord spoke to those who do not receive the word of God; here, He speaks of t…

“Sleeping” does not imply that the servants were neglectful but that the enemy was stealthy and malicious. What he sowed in the field was almost ce…

But while men slept
Good men, ministers, and churches; whose case this sometimes is to be asleep in a spiritual sens…

Regarding verses 36-43, this parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church: Christ's care for it, the devil's enmity against…

Previously, he presented the parable in which the external obstacles to the Gospel teaching were shown. Here, another parable is presented, in whic…