Marcos 4:10

10 Quando se achou só, os que estavam ao redor dele, com os doze, interrogaram-no acerca da parábola.

Marcos 4:10 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:10

And when he was alone
After the multitude was dismissed, and he either remained in the ship, or left it, and retired to some private place, it may be to Simon's house in Capernaum. The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "when they were alone"; meaning as follows,

they that were about him with the twelve;
that is, such disciples of his, who, besides the twelve, constantly attended him; perhaps those who now were, or hereafter were the seventy disciples. The Vulgate Latin reads, "the twelve that were with him". In Beza's most ancient copy it is read, "his disciples"; and to this agrees the Persic version; and so the other evangelists, Matthew and Luke, relate, that his disciples came and

asked of him the parable;
the meaning of it, and why he chose this way of speaking to the people, ( Matthew 13:10 ) ( Luke 8:9 ) , though that word may include others besides the twelve.

Marcos 4:10 In-Context

8 Mas outras caíram em boa terra e, vingando e crescendo, davam fruto; e um grão produzia trinta, outro sessenta, e outro cem.

9 E disse-lhes: Quem tem ouvidos para ouvir, ouça.

10 Quando se achou só, os que estavam ao redor dele, com os doze, interrogaram-no acerca da parábola.

11 E ele lhes disse: A vós é confiado o mistério do reino de Deus, mas aos de fora tudo se lhes diz por parábolas;

12 para que vendo, vejam, e não percebam; e ouvindo, ouçam, e não entendam; para que não se convertam e sejam perdoados.