Mark 4
Mark 4 | |
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Book | Gospel of Mark |
Category | Gospel |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 2 |
Gospel of Mark |
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Mark 4 is the fourth chapter of the
Text
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 41 verses.
Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
- Codex Vaticanus (AD 325–350; complete)
- Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330–360; complete)
- Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400; complete)
- Codex Washingtonianus (ca. AD 400; complete)
- Codex Alexandrinus (AD 400–440; complete)
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; complete)
Parables
The Sower
The first parable Mark relates is the
Much of the seed comes to no account but "[some] seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times." (4:8) His
This parable is also found in Luke 8:4-15 and Matthew 13:1-23, and it forms Saying 9 of the Gospel of Thomas.
Lamp on a Stand
Jesus then speaks of a lamp on a stand, that one does not put it under concealment but allows to shine (Mark 4:21). He says, "For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear," (4:22-23) the last sentence being, judging from all available texts, a favorite saying of Jesus. This is also in Luke 11:33 and perhaps in Matthew 10:26-27. "'Consider carefully what you hear,' he continued. 'With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.'" (4:24-25) The Scholars Version translates these verses like such: "...The standard you apply will be the standard applied to you, and then some. In fact, to those who have, more will be given, and from those who don't have, even what they do have will be taken away!" Mark 4:25 also occurs in the Parable of the Talents (Matt 25:29, Luke 19:26) and Matt 13:12, Luke 8:18, Thomas 41. Mark 4:24 also occurs in Matt 7:2 and Luke 6:38.
The Growing Seed
The
Great Miracles
From Mark 4:35 to the end of
- "He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace! Be still!`. Then the wind ceased and there was a dead calm...And they were filled with great awe and said to one another `Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?" (Mark 4:39-41, NRSV)
The Greek: Σιώπα (siōpa) in verse 39 means "silence", and is so translated in the New Living Translation and the Holman Christian Standard Bible.[12]
Dr. R. A. Cole, author of the commentary on Mark in the
- "We must remember that magicbut designed to show us who Jesus was."
The story of the
References
- ^ Maclear, G. F. (1893), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Mark 4, accessed 20 June 2021
- ^ Pulpit Commentary on Mark 4, accessed 6 June 2017
- ^ Meyer, H. A. W. (1880), Meyer's NT Commentary on Mark 4, sixth edition, translated and published 1880, accessed 20 June 2021
- ^ Baker, L. L., The Parable of the Sower - Bible Story, Bible Study Tools, published 28 September 2022, accessed 5 March 2023
- ^ Bengel, J. A. (1742), Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament, accessed 5 March 2023
- ^ Jamieson, R., Fausset, A. R. and Brown, D. (1871), Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary on Mark 4, accessed 5 March 2023
- ^ Mark 4:10: New King James Version
- ^ MacEvilly, J. (1898), An Exposition Of The Gospels by The Most Rev. John Macevilly D.D., Mark 4, accessed 6 March 2023
- Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition, translation of the Biblia Sacra Vulgata
- ^ Chadwick, G. A. (1896), Four Miracles, in The Gospel according to Saint Mark
- ^ Buls, H. H., Buls' Notes on Mark 4:35-41, accessed 15 November 2017
- ^ BibleGateway.com: Mark 4:39
- this lake the sea, using a word (thalassa) that most Greek writers reserve for the much larger Mediterranean (Luke uses the more proper term for a lake, limne, in Luke 5:1; 8:22-23, 33. ...)"
Further reading
- France, R. T., The Gospel of Mark: a Commentary on the Greek Text; The New International Greek Testament Commentary, Eerdmans (c) 2002, ISBN 0-8028-2446-3; pages 220, 226, 241
- Miller, Robert J., Editor, The Complete Gospels, Polebridge Press, 1994 ISBN 0-06-065587-9
External links
- Media related to Gospel of Mark - Chapter 4 at Wikimedia Commons
- Mark 4 King James Bible - Wikisource
- English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
- Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
- Multiple bible versions at Bible Gateway (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.)
Preceded by Mark 3 |
Chapters of the Bible Gospel of Mark |
Succeeded by Mark 5 |