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King James Bible - Luke 8:4

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:4

¶ Y como se junt� una grande compa�ía, y los que estaban en cada ciudad vinieron a �l, dijo por una par�bola:

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 4. And when much people were gathered together , etc.] To Jesus, as he was by the sea side, the sea of Galilee, or Tiberias: and were come to him out of every city ; of Galilee, to hear him preach, and see miracles: he spake by a parable ; the following things.

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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

συνιοντος 4896 5752 V-PXP-GSM δε 1161 CONJ οχλου 3793 N-GSM πολλου 4183 A-GSM και 2532 CONJ των 3588 T-GPM κατα 2596 PREP πολιν 4172 N-ASF επιπορευομενων 1975 5740 V-PNP-GPM προς 4314 PREP αυτον 846 P-ASM ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S δια 1223 PREP παραβολης 3850 N-GSF

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Vincent's NT Word Studies

4. Out of every city (kata polin). City by city.

Were come (epiporeuomenwn). The present participle denoting something in progress. They kept coming. Rev., resorted.

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Robertson's NT Word Studies

8:4 {By a parable} (dia paraboles). #Mr 4:2 says "in parables" as does #Mt 13:3. this is the beginning of the first great group of parables as given in #Mr 4:1-34 and #Mt 13:1-53. There are ten of these parables in Mark and Matthew and only two in #Lu 8:4-18 (The Sower and the Lamp, #8:16) though Luke also has the expression "in parables" (#8:10). See #Mt 13 and #Mr 4 for discussion of the word parable and the details of the Parable of the Sower. Luke does not locate the place, but he mentions the great crowds on hand, while both Mark and Matthew name the seaside as the place where Jesus was at the start of the series of parables.