Mark Chapter 4 verse 27 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27) And should sleep, and rise.--So it was in the world's history. Men knew not the greatness of the new force that had been brought into action. Philosophers and statesmen ignored it. Even the very preachers of the new faith, the "sowers" of the parable, were hardly conscious of the enormous revolution which they were working. So it is in the individual life. The seemingly chance word, the new truth that flashes on the soul as a revelation, the old words now for the first time apprehended in their true force, these prove to be the seeds of a new growth in the soul.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekNightνύκτα (nykta)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 3571: The night, night-time. A primary word; 'night'.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. dayἡμέραν (hēmeran)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. he sleepsκαθεύδῃ (katheudē)Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 2518: To sleep, be sleeping. From kata and heudo; to lie down to rest, i.e. to fall asleep.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. wakes,ἐγείρηται (egeirētai)Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. theὁ (ho)Article - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.seedσπόρος (sporos)Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 4703: Seed for sowing. From speiro; a scattering, i.e. seed.sproutsβλαστᾷ (blasta)Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 985: Intrans: I sprout; trans: I cause to sprout, make to grow up. From blastos; to germinate; by implication, to yield fruit.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. grows,μηκύνηται (mēkynētai)Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 3373: To lengthen, extend, grow. From mekos; to lengthen, i.e. to enlarge.[though] heαὐτός (autos)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person SingularStrong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.knowsοἶδεν (oiden)Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate. notοὐκ (ouk)AdverbStrong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.how.ὡς (hōs)AdverbStrong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.Jump to PreviousAsleep Awake Bed Gets Goes Grow Grows Growth Idea Night Nights Rise Seed Sleep Sleeps Spends Spring Sprouts Tall Whether