Mark 4:34

Mark 4:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
• New International Version (NIV)He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But without a parable He did not speak to them. And when they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples.

Context of Mark 4:34

32yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants, and forms large branches, with the result that the birds of the sky can nest under its shade.” 33And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to understand it; and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples. 35On that day, when evening came, He said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.” 36After dismissing the crowd, they took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him.

Mark 4:34 word by word

χωρὶς δὲ παραβολῆς οὐκ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς· κατ᾽ ἰδίαν δὲ τοῖς ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς ἐπέλυεν πάντα.¶Read the interlinear

• and He did not speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• withoutχωρίςchōris · withoutG5565
• explainingἐπιλύωepiluō · to explainG1956
• everythingπᾶςpas · allG3956
• privatelyκατάkata · according toG2596
• privatelyἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101

Cross-references for Mark 4:34

• Mark 4:10As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve disciples, began asking Him about the parables.
• Mark 7:17And when He later entered a house, away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him about the parable.
• Matthew 13:36Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
• Matthew 15:15Peter said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.”
• Luke 8:9Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant.
• Luke 24:27Then beginning with Moses and with all the Prophets, He explained to them the things written about Himself in all the Scriptures.

Commentaries on Mark 4:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34He 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Without a parable spake he not unto them - That is, the things pertaining to his kingdom. On other subjects he spake without parables. On these, such was their prejudice, so many notions had they contrary to the nature of his kingdom, and so liable would plain instructions have been to give offence, that he employed this method to “insinuate” truth gradually into their minds, and to prepare them fully to understand the nature of his kingdom. They were…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. 33-34Mark’s summary of this section shows that 4:3–32 is a collection of parables. It is not a record of what Jesus taught on one specific day in the order in which he taught it. Jesus privately explained the parables to the disciples. This shows that they were not outsiders, even though they sometimes did not understand (compare 4:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. But without a parable spake he not unto them--See on Mt 13:34. and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples--See on Mr 4:22. Mr 4:35-5:20. Jesus Crossing the Sea of Galilee, Miraculously Stills a Tempest--He Cures the Demoniac of Gadara. ( = Mt 8:23-34; Lu 8:22-39). The time of this section is very definitely marked by our Evangelist, and by him alone, in the opening words. Jesus Stills a Tempest on the Sea of Galilee (Mr…Read the comment

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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