SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:34
Sin parbola no les hablaba; pero a sus discípulos en particular declaraba todo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Mark 4:34
Verse 34. He expounded all things to his disciples.] That they might be capable of instructing others. Outside hearers, those who do not come into close fellowship with the true disciples of Christ, have seldom more than a superficial knowledge of Divine things. In the fellowship of the saints, where Jesus the teacher is always to be found, every thing is made plain,-for the secret of the Lord is with them who fear him.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 34. But without a parable spake he not unto them , etc..] For the above reason, as well as for the accomplishment of Scripture; (see Gill on Matthew 13:34-35). And when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples : after they returned with him from the sea side, to the house in Capernaum, where he usually was when there; (see Matthew 13:36). The multitude being dismissed, he unfolded and explained all these parables to his disciples, and led them into a large knowledge of himself, and the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; whereby they were furnished for the work he had called them to, and designed them for.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 21-34 - These declarations were intended to call the attention of the disciple to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they were mad able to instruct others; as candles are lighted, not to be covered, but to be placed on a candlestick, that they may give light to a room. Thi parable of the good seed, shows the manner in which the kingdom of God makes progress in the world. Let but the word of Christ have the plac it ought to have in a soul, and it will show itself in a goo conversation. It grows gradually: first the blade; then the ear; afte that the full corn in the ear. When it is sprung up, it will go forward. The work of grace in the soul is, at first, but the day of small things; yet it has mighty products even now, while it is in it growth; but what will there be when it is perfected in heaven!
Greek Textus Receptus
χωρις 5565 ADV δε 1161 CONJ παραβολης 3850 N-GSF ουκ 3756 PRT-N ελαλει 2980 5707 V-IAI-3S αυτοις 846 P-DPM κατ 2596 PREP ιδιαν 2398 A-ASF δε 1161 CONJ τοις 3588 T-DPM μαθηταις 3101 N-DPM αυτου 846 P-GSM επελυεν 1956 5707 V-IAI-3S παντα 3956 A-APN
Robertson's NT Word Studies
4:34 {But privately to his disciples he expounded all things} (kat' idian de tois idiois maqetais epeluen panta). To his own (idiois) disciples in private, in distinction from the mass of the people Jesus was in the habit (imperfect tense, epeluen) of {disclosing}, revealing, all things (panta) in plain language without the parabolic form used before the crowds. this verb epiluw occurs in the N.T. only here and in #Ac 19:39 where the town-clerk of Ephesus says of the troubles by the mob: "It shall be settled in the regular assembly" (en tei ennomwi ekklesiai epiluqesetai). First future passive indicative from epiluw. The word means to give additional (epi) loosening (luw), so to explain, to make plainer, clearer, even to the point of revelation. this last is the idea of the substantive in #2Pe 1:20 where even the Revised Version has it: "No prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation" (pasa profeteia grafes idias epilusews ou ginetai). Here the use of ginetai (comes) with the ablative case (epilusews) and the explanation given in verse #2Pe 1:21 shows plainly that disclosure or revelation to the prophet is what is meant, not interpretation of what the prophet said. The prophetic impulse and message came from God through the Holy Spirit. In private the further disclosures of Jesus amounted to fresh revelations concerning the mysteries of the kingdom of God.
