oS) ον co
ἄνθρωπος βάλη τὸν σπόρον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, 27. καὶ καθεύδῃ καὶ ἐγείρηται, νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ ὅ σπόρος βλαστάνῃ 1 καὶ µηκύνηται ὡς οὐκ
΄ 3 bhereandin otdev αὐτός.
Acts xii. 10.
[ε]
in the sense of being pre- sent.
στηκεν 6 θερισμός.”
> 9 Ul Le a etra* στάχυν, εἶτα" πλήρη σῖτονὃ ἐν τῷ στάχυϊ.
28. " αὐτομάτη γὰρ * ἡ yi καρποφορεῖ, πρῶτον χόρτον,
20. ὅταν δὲ
here only παραδῷ ὃ ὁ καρπός, εὐθέως ἀποστέλλει τὸ δρέπανον, ὅτι "παρέ-
30. Καὶ ἔλεγε, “Tin? ὁμοιώσωμεν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἢ ἐν ποίᾳ παραβολῇ παραβάλωμεν αὐτήν ὃ;
31. ὡς κόκκω σινά-
πεως, Os, ὅταν σπαρῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, μικρότερος ) πάντων τῶν σπερµά-
! βλαστα in BCDLA (Tisch., W.H.).
2 unkuverat in BD, implying that βλαστα is also indicative.
3 yop omit SABCL.
4 ειτεν in NBLA. ὅ πληρης otros in BD (Alford, Tisch., Trg., W.H.).
CZ have πληρης σιτον,
which W.H. (appendix) regard as probably the true reading, πληρης being an in-
declinable adjective as in Acts vi. 5. ing of ΟΣ as a half correction.
6 παραδοι ἵπ SBDA. CL have παραξω.
7 πως in $$BCLA (Tisch., W.-H. αἰ.).
Weiss, on the other hand, regards this read-
8εν τινι αυτην παραβολη θωµεν in NBCLA (Tisch., W.H.). 9 µικροτερον ον in NBL(wyv)A 33, εστι (in T.R. supplying the place of ον) being
omitted (Tisch., W.H.).
the fourth type of hearers the production of fruit is a gradual process demanding time. Put negatively it amounts to say- ing that Christ’s ministry has as yet produced no fruit properly speaking at all, but only in some cases met with a soil that gives promise of fruit (the disciples). The parable reveals at once the discrimination and the patience of Jesus. He knew the difference between the blade that would wither and that which would issue in ripe grain, and He did not expect this result in any case per saltum., A parable teaching this 1esson was very seasonable after that of the Sower.—Ver. 27. καθεύ Bile ἡμέραν, sleep and rise night and day, suggestive of the monotonous life of a man who has nothing particular to do beyond waiting patiently for the result of what he has already done (seed sown). The presents express a habit, while βάλῃ, ver. 26, expresses an act, done once for all._Bdaorg (the reading in BDL, etc., as if from βλ ὐτάω) may be either in- dicative or subjunctive, the former if we adopt the reading µηκύνεται (BD., etc.) = and the seed sprouts and lengthens.— ὡς οὐκ οἶδεν αὐτός, how knoweth not (nor careth) he, perfectly indifferent to the rationale of growth; the fact enough for him.—Ver. 28. αὐτομάτη (αὐτός and µέμαα from absolute µάω, to desire
eagerly), self-moved, spontaneously, without external aid, and also beyond external control; with a way and will, so to speak, of its own that must be respected and waited for. Classical examples in Wetstein, Kypke, Raphel, etc.—Kaprodopet, beareth fruit, intran- sitive. The following nouns, χόρτον, στάχυν, are not the object of the verb, but in apposition with καρπὸν (καρπὸν Φέρει) or governed by φέρει, understood (φέρει, quod ex καρποφορεῖ petendum, Ἐτίεζςς]ε).---πλήρης σῖτος, this change to the nominative (the reading of BD) is a tribute to the importance of the final stage towards which the stages of blade and ear are but preparatory steps = then is the full εαν. Full = ripe, perfect, hence the combination of the two words in such phrases as πλήρη καὶ τέλεια τἀὰγαθὰ quoted by Kypke from Philo. The specification of the three stages shows that gradual growth is the point of the parable (Schanz).—Ver. 29. παραδοῖ (παραδόω), when the fruit yields itself, or permits (by being ripe). The latter sense (for which classical usage can be cited) is preferred by most recent commentators.
Vv. 30-32. The Mustard Seed (Mt. xiii. 31-32, Lk. xiii. 18, 19).—Ver. 30. πῶς εν, θῶμεν (vide above). This introductory question, especially as given in the text: