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

25To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them.” 26Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens. 28The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens. 29And as soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come.”

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 realized that no one can discover everything God is doing under the sun. Not even the wisest people discover everything, no matter what they claim.
• Ecclesiastes 11:5Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
• John 3:7So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’
• 1 Corinthians 15:37And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:3Dear brothers and sisters, we can’t help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing.
• 2 Peter 3:18Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.

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

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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