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Selected Verse: Mark 4:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 4:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Hearken [191]; Behold [2400], there went out [1831] a sower [4687] to sow [4687]: |
| |
King James |
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE SOWER, THE SEED, AND THE SOIL. (Mar 4:3, Mar 4:14)
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow--What means this? See on Mar 4:14.
First Case: THE WAYSIDE. (Mar 4:4, Mar 4:15). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Hearken - This word he probably spoke with a loud voice, to stop the noise and hurry of the people. |
15 And [1161] these [3778] are they [1526] by [3844] the way side [3598], where [3699] the word [3056] is sown [4687]; but [2532] when [3752] they have heard [191], Satan [4567] cometh [2064] immediately [2112], and [2532] taketh away [142] the word [3056] that was sown [4687] in [1722] their [846] hearts [2588].
4 And [2532] it came to pass [1096], as [1722] he sowed [4687], some [3739] [3303] fell [4098] by [3844] the way side [3598], and [2532] the fowls [4071] of the air [3772] came [2064] and [2532] devoured [2719] it [846] up [2719].
14 The sower [4687] soweth [4687] the word [3056].
14 The sower [4687] soweth [4687] the word [3056].
3 Hearken [191]; Behold [2400], there went out [1831] a sower [4687] to sow [4687]: