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andκαὶsleepκαθεύδῃandκαὶriseἐγείρηταιnightνύκταandκαὶday,ἡμέρανandκαὶthe seedὁ σπόροςsproutsβλαστᾷandκαὶgrows tall,μηκύνηταιheαὐτόςdoes notοὐκknowοἶδενhow.ὡς
Mark 4:27
Study it in the app“and sleep and rise night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows tall, he does not know how.”
The kingdom grows like a seed, and the sower does not know howThe Kingdom of God
With the Greek beneath
Mark 4:27, word by word
- sleepκαθεύδῃkatheudēi
sleep
To rest with closed eyes through the night.
Where else “katheudēi” appears- riseἐγείρηταιegeirētai
wake
To rouse someone from sleep, or to stir from sleep.
Where else “egeirētai” appears- nightνύκταnykta
night
Night. "By night".
Where else “nykta” appears- dayἡμέρανhēmeran
daylight
Daytime, when it is light, not night.
Where else “hēmeran” appears- the seedσπόροςsporos
seed, sowing
Seed; sowing.
Where else “sporos” appears- sproutsβλαστᾷblastai
sprout
Sprout, grow; produce.
Where else “blastai” appears- grows tallμηκύνηταιmēkynētai
grow long
Grow, lengthen.
Where else “mēkynētai” appears- knowοἶδενoiden
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oiden” appears
The context
26And he was saying, “The kingdom of God is like this: as if a man should scatter the seed on the ground,
27 · This verse (above)
28By itself the earth bears fruit, first the blade, then the head, then the full grain in the head.
To study Mark 4 in a group
1. What it says
What happened in the boat when the storm came, and what did Jesus do (vv. 37–39)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by “whoever has ears to hear, let them hear” when telling the parable of the sower (vv. 3–9)?
3. How I live it
Jesus asked his disciples, “Why are you cowards?” (v. 40). What fear of today could you bring before him?