Mark 4:29 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 4:29

And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

BSB

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ASV

But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.

KJV

But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark (1107)

And when the "harvest" comes, then the "sickle" gathers the fruits. This "sickle" is the Word of God, and the "harvest" is the time of death.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Immediately he putteth in the sickle - This is the way with the farmer. As soon as the grain is ripe it is cut down. So it is often with the Christian. As soon as he is prepared for heaven he is taken there. But we are not to press this part of the parable, as if it meant that all are removed as soon as they are fit for heaven. Every parable contains circumstances thrown in to fill up the story, which cannot be literally interpreted.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The parable contained in these verses is short, and only recorded in Mark's Gospel. But it is one that ought to be deeply interesting to all who have reason to hope that they are true Christians. It sets before us the history of the work of grace in an individual soul. It summons us to an examination of our own experience in divine things. There are some expressions in the parable which we must not press too far. Such are the "sleeping and rising" of the farmer, and the "night and day."

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅταν	hotan	When	G3752 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
παραδοῖ	paradoi	it may produce	G3860 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
καρπός,	karpos	fruit,	G2590 →
εὐθὺς	euthus	immediately	G2112 →
ἀποστέλλει	apostellei	he sends	G649 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
δρέπανον	drepanon	sickle	G1407 →
ὅτι	hoti	for	G3754 →
παρέστηκεν	parestēken	has come	G3936 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
θερισμός.¶	therismos	harvest.	G2326 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 5:26
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
leads to
- Proverbs 9:11
  For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
- Job 42:16–17
  After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
- Psalms 91:16
  With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
- Genesis 15:15
  You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
- Proverbs 10:27
  The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
Through
Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
leads to
- Matthew 3:12
  His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- 1 Timothy 5:24
  The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
  Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark