Sunday, August 20, 2006
THE SOWER
Matt. 13: 3b. saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow;
Mark 4:3. "Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;
Luke 8:5a "The sower went out to sow his seed;
It is likely that Jesus looked out over the land and actually saw the sower, as did all who were attending His teaching. He would be wearing a seed bag much like a newspaper boy carries his papers, slung over his shoulder. He casts out seed randomly yet methodically to gain ample coverage over his field.
We again find Jesus speaking the word “behold” indicative of the necessity of paying close attention.
Matt. 13:4. and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.
Mark 4:4. and it came about that as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
Luke 8:5b. and as he sowed, some fell beside the road; and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the air ate it up.
The fields would be long narrow cultivated strips with paths or right of ways separating them. This would the road that passers by would use. As the sower was sowing, the wind or an unintentional cast would land the seeds beside, or on, the road where it would be trampled under foot and pulverized. Another way the seed would be rendered ineffective would be by the birds feeding upon a very accessible meal. We find Jesus explaining that the birds came and ate them up.
These paths were like the ones in section 60 (Matt. 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5) where the Pharisees admonished Him for allowing His disciples to profane the Sabbath by picking and eating the grain as they walked a similar path.
Mark 4:3. "Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;
Luke 8:5a "The sower went out to sow his seed;
It is likely that Jesus looked out over the land and actually saw the sower, as did all who were attending His teaching. He would be wearing a seed bag much like a newspaper boy carries his papers, slung over his shoulder. He casts out seed randomly yet methodically to gain ample coverage over his field.
We again find Jesus speaking the word “behold” indicative of the necessity of paying close attention.
Matt. 13:4. and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.
Mark 4:4. and it came about that as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
Luke 8:5b. and as he sowed, some fell beside the road; and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the air ate it up.
The fields would be long narrow cultivated strips with paths or right of ways separating them. This would the road that passers by would use. As the sower was sowing, the wind or an unintentional cast would land the seeds beside, or on, the road where it would be trampled under foot and pulverized. Another way the seed would be rendered ineffective would be by the birds feeding upon a very accessible meal. We find Jesus explaining that the birds came and ate them up.
These paths were like the ones in section 60 (Matt. 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5) where the Pharisees admonished Him for allowing His disciples to profane the Sabbath by picking and eating the grain as they walked a similar path.
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