for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;Mark 4:28 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleBringeth forth - of herself - Αυτοματη. By its own energy, without either the influence or industry of man. Similar to this is the expression of the poet: -
Namque aliae, Nullis Homlnum Cogentibus, ipsae
Sponte Sua veniunt.
Virg. Geor. l. ii. v. 10
"Some (trees) grow of their own accord, without the labor of man."
All the endlessly varied herbage of the field is produced in this way.
The full corn - Πληρη σιτον, Full wheat; the perfect, full-grown, or ripe corn. Lucian uses κενος καρπος, Empty fruit, for imperfect, or unripe fruit. See Kypke.
The kingdom of God, which is generated in the soul by the word of life, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, is first very small; there is only a blade, but this is full of promise, for a good blade shows there is a good seed at bottom, and that the soil in which it is sown is good also. Then the ear - the strong stalk grows up, and the ear is formed at the top; the faith and love of the believing soul increase abundantly; it is justified freely through the redemption that is in Christ; it has the ear which is shortly to be filled with the ripe grain, the outlines of the whole image of God. Then the full corn. The soul is purified from all unrighteousness; and, having escaped the corruption that is in the world, it is made a partaker of the Divine nature, and is filled with all the fullness of God.
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the earth.
Genesis 1:11,12 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind...
Genesis 2:4,5,9 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created...
Genesis 4:11,12 And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand...
Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth brings forth her bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth...
first.
Mark 4:31,32 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth...
Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither...
Psalm 92:13,14 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God...
Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
Ecclesiastes 3:1,11 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven...
Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain...
Philippians 1:6,9-11 Being confident of this very thing, that he which has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ...
Colossians 1:10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
1 Thessalonians 3:12,13 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you...
blade.
Matthew 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
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