Mark 4:27

Mark 4:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
• New International Version (NIV)Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.

Context of Mark 4:27

25A person who has received some things will receive more things. Some other people have nothing. They will lose even the little bit that they do have.’ 26Then Jesus said, ‘I will tell you a story about the kingdom of God. It is like this: A man throws seeds in his field. Then he sleeps each night and he wakes up each day. The seeds start to grow into plants. They continue to grow. The man does not know how this happens. 28The soil causes the plants to grow. The leaves of the plant grow first. Then the flowers appear. Then the plant makes new seeds. 29When the new seeds have completely grown, the man will cut down the plants. It is time for him to take the seeds to use for food.’

Mark 4:27 word by word

καὶ καθεύδῃ καὶ ἐγείρηται νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ ὁ σπόρος βλαστᾷ καὶ μηκύνηται ὡς οὐκ οἶδεν αὐτός.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• should sleepκαθεύδωkatheudō · to sleepG2518
• riseἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• nightνύξnux · nightG3571
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• the seedὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the seedσπόροςsporos · seedG4703
• should springβλαστάνωblastanō · to sproutG985
• grow upμηκύνωmēkunō · to growG3373
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• knowethεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756
• howὡςhōs · as/whenG5613

Cross-references for Mark 4:27

• Ecclesiastes 8:17I thought about everything that God has done. I realized that nobody understands everything that happens on the earth. Even if they try very much, they will not know everything. A wise person may say that he understands all these things. But really that is not possible.
• Ecclesiastes 11:5We do not know the path that the wind blows along. Nor do we know how a baby's body grows inside a pregnant woman. So nobody can explain the things that God does. He is the one who has made everything.
• John 3:7I said to you, “You must be born from above.” What I said should not surprise you.
• 1 Corinthians 15:37You put just a seed into the ground. It might be wheat or it might be another kind of seed. You do not put into the ground the whole plant that the seed will become.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:3Our Christian friends, we ought always to thank God because of you. It is right that we do this, because you are learning to trust Christ more and more. All of you are also loving each other more and more.
• 2 Peter 3:18Instead, you must grow as believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, who saves us. Continue to know him better and better. He will be kind to you and he will help you more and more. We praise him as he deserves! He is great now and he will be great for ever!

Commentaries on Mark 4:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27And should sleep and rise night and day - That is, he should sleep by night, and rise by day; for so the words are obviously to be understood. He knoweth not how - How a plant grows is a mystery in nature, which the wisest philosopher in the universe cannot fully explain.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27And should sleep, and rise night and day - Should sleep in the night and rise by day, for so the expression is to be understood. That is, should live in his usual way, without exerting any influence over the growing grain. By this we are not to infer that men are to use no diligence in the obtaining and in the growth of piety; but the illustration shows only that as we cannot tell how grain grows, so we cannot tell the mode in which piety increases in the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-34Verses 21-34 These declarations were intended to call the attention of the disciples to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they were made 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. This 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 place it ought to have in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-29This parable focuses on the seed and how it grows over time. Just as the earth produces crops on its own, the completion (final coming) of God’s kingdom does not depend on human effort. first the stalk, then the head, then the grain that ripens within: These describe the normal stages of a seed’s growth.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day--go about his other ordinary occupations, leaving it to the well-known laws of vegetation under the genial influences of heaven. This is the sense of "the earth bringing forth fruit of herself," in Mr 4:27.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 4:27

• Church
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Regeneration
• Sermon
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Word of God

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Commentaries on Mark 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings