Mark 4:17
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And he said unto them,.... At the same time, after he had explained the parable of the sower; for though the following parabolical and proverbial expressions were delivered by Christ at other, and…
The foregoing chapter began with Christ's entering into the synagogue (Mar 4:1); this chapter begins with Christ's teaching again by the sea side. Thus he changed his method, that if possible all…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
affliction The word thus translated denotes (i) pressure, that which presses upon or burdens the spirit; then (2) the distressarising therefrom. The word tribulationrests upon thids image, coming as…
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