Mark 4:2

2 et docebat eos in parabolis multa et dicebat illis in doctrina sua

Mark 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:2

And he taught them many things by parables
As he sat in the ship, and they stood on shore;

and said unto them in his doctrine;
as he was teaching them, and delivering unto them the doctrine he had received from his Father: though the Jews say ^F3, that

``the Israelites will have no need (xyvm Klm lv wdwmltl) , "of the doctrine of the king Messiah, in the time to come"; because it is said, "unto him shall the Gentiles seek", and not the Israelites.''

But it appears from hence, and many other places, that the Israelites both stood in need of his doctrine, and sought after it; and very excellent it was; the doctrine of God, and of the grace of God; and was spoken with authority, and in such a manner as never man spake, and which he delivered to his apostles; and which, if ministers bring not with them, should not be bid God speed.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Bereshit Rabba, sect 98. fol. 85. 3.

Mark 4:2 In-Context

1 et iterum coepit docere ad mare et congregata est ad eum turba multa ita ut in navem ascendens sederet in mari et omnis turba circa mare super terram erat

2 et docebat eos in parabolis multa et dicebat illis in doctrina sua

3 audite ecce exiit seminans ad seminandum

4 et dum seminat aliud cecidit circa viam et venerunt volucres et comederunt illud

5 aliud vero cecidit super petrosa ubi non habuit terram multam et statim exortum est quoniam non habebat altitudinem terrae