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33. Καὶ τοιαύταις παραβολαῖς πολλαῖς ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς
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:: ἔλάλει αὐτοῖς: κατ ἰδίαν δὲ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ 35. ΚΑΙ λέγει αὐτοῖς ἐν ἐκείνῃ TH ἡμέρα ὀψίας γενομένης, “Δι-
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of W.H., is very graphic = how shall we liken the Kingdom of God, or in (under) what parable shall we place it? The form of expression implies that some- thing has been said before creating a need for figurative embodiment, some- thing pointing to the insignificance of the beginnings of the Kingdom. The two previous parables satisfy this τε- quirement = the word fruitful only in a few, and even in them only after a time. What is the best emblem of this state of things?—Ver. 31. @s κόκκῳ: ὡς stands for ὁμοιώσωμεν = let us liken it to a grain, etc.; κόκκον would depend on θῶμεν.- ὃς ὅταν σπαρῇ . . . καὶ ὅταν σπαρῇ: the construction of this passage as given in critical texts is very halting, offering a very tempting opportunity for emendation to the scribes who in the T. R. have given us a very smooth read- able text (vide A. V.). Literally it runs thus: ‘‘ which when it is sown upon the earth, being the least of all the seeds upon the earth—and when it is sown,” etc. The R. Ὑ. improves this rugged sentence somewhat by substituting **yet” for ‘‘and” in last clause. It is hardly worth while attempting to con- strue the passage. Enough that we see what is meant. In the twice used ὅταν σπαρῇ, the emphasis in the first instance lies on ὅταν, in the second on σπαρῇ (Bengel, Meyer). By attending to this we get the sense: which being the least of all seeds when it is sown or at the time of sowing, yet when it is sown, after sowing, springs up, etc.—pixpétepov ὃν is neuter by attraction of σπερµάτων, though κόκκῳ going before is masculine. —Ver. 32. μεῖζον π. τ. λαχάνων, the greatest of all the herbs, still only an herb; no word of a tree here as in Matthew and Luke, though comparatively tree-like in size, making great boughs (κλάδους
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