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Mark 4:27 KJV
Mark · chapter 4 · verse 27
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.Mark 4:27 · King James Version
Mark 4:27 in context
25For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
26And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- knowetheidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
- springblastanōto sprout, bud, put forth new leaves, to produceG985 →
- sleepkatheudōto fall asleep, drop off to sleep, to sleep, to sleep normally, euphemistically, to be…G2518 →
- nightnyxnight, metaph. the time when work ceases, the time of death, the time for deeds of sin…G3571 →
- riseegeirōto arouse, cause to rise, to arouse from sleep, to awake, to arouse from the sleep of…G1453 →
- seedsporosa sowing, seedG4703 →
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The lessons which our Saviour designs to teach us here by parables and figurative expressions are these: - I. That those who are good ought to consider the obligations they are under to do good; that is, as in the parable before, to bring forth fruit.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-34