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King James Bible - Luke 8:10

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:10

Y �l dijo: A vosotros es dado conocer los misterios del Reino de Dios; mas a los otros por par�bolas, para que viendo no vean, y oyendo no entiendan.

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 10. And he said, unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God , etc.] The doctrines of the Gospel, which to have spiritual knowledge is a special and peculiar gift of God. The Vulgate Latin and Persic versions read, �the mystery�, in the singular, as in Mark: �but to others in parables�; that is, the doctrines of the Gospel are delivered in a parabolical way to others; to such as �are without�, as the Evangelist Mark expresses it, who are strangers and foreigners, and not children, who are not the favourites of heaven, and the disciples of Christ: that seeing they might not see, and hearing, they might not understand ; what was delivered to them; see the following notes. (See Gill on � Matthew 13:11-13�) Ver. 11. Now the parable is this , etc.] �Or this is the sense of the parable�, as the Arabic version renders it: �the seed is the word of God�, the Gospel, as preached by Christ, his apostles, and faithful ministers, which has God for its author, is concerning the grace of God, and is what he blesses, and makes effectual to answer any good purpose.

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 4-21 - There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the sam thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, in a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear carelessly and slightly, lest we entertain prejudices against the word we hear; and to take heed to ou spirits after we have heard the word, lest we lose what we have gained The gifts we have, will be continued to us or not, as we use them for the glory of God, and the good of our brethren. Nor is it enough not to hold the truth in unrighteousness; we should desire to hold forth the word of life, and to shine, giving light to all around. Grea encouragement is given to those who prove themselves faithful hearer of the word, by being doers of the work. Christ owns them as his relations.

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Greek Textus Receptus

ο 3588 T-NSM δε 1161 CONJ ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S υμιν 5213 P-2DP δεδοται 1325 5769 V-RPI-3S γνωναι 1097 5629 V-2AAN τα 3588 T-APN μυστηρια 3466 N-APN της 3588 T-GSF βασιλειας 932 N-GSF του 3588 T-GSM θεου 2316 N-GSM τοις 3588 T-DPM δε 1161 CONJ λοιποις 3062 A-DPM εν 1722 PREP παραβολαις 3850 N-DPF ινα 2443 CONJ βλεποντες 991 5723 V-PAP-NPM μη 3361 PRT-N βλεπωσιν 991 5725 V-PAS-3P και 2532 CONJ ακουοντες 191 5723 V-PAP-NPM μη 3361 PRT-N συνιωσιν 4920 5725 V-PAS-3P

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Vincent's NT Word Studies

10. Mysteries. See on Matt. xiii. 11.

Understand (suniwsin). See on understanding, the kindred noun, Mark xii. 33.

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Robertson's NT Word Studies

8:10 {The mysteries} (ta musteria). See for this word on �Mt 13:11; Mr 4:11. Part of the mystery here explained is how so many people who have the opportunity to enter the kingdom fail to do so because of manifest unfitness. {That} (hina). Here #Mr 4:11 also has hina while #Mt 13:13 has hoti (because). On the so-called causal use of hina as here equal to hoti see discussion on �Mt 13:13; Mr 4:11. Plummer sensibly argues that there is truth both in the causal hoti of Matthew and the final hina of Mark and Matthew. "But the principle that he who hath shall receive more, while he who hath not shall be deprived of what he seemeth to have, explains both the hina and the hoti. Jesus speaks in parables because the multitudes see without seeing and hear without hearing. But He also speaks in parable {in order that} they may see without seeing and hear without hearing." Only for "hearing" Luke has "understand" suniwsin, present subjunctive from a late omega form suniw instead of the -mi verb suniemi.