MARK 4:10

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.”

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Mark 4:10 Translation & Meaning

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And δὲ But, and, etc And
when ὅτε At which (thing) too, i.e., when when
he was ἐγένετο To cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) he was
alone, καταμόνας, According to sole places, i.e., (adverbially) separately alone
they οἱ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) they
that were περὶ Properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period) that were
about περὶ Properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period) about
him αὐτὸν The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons him
with σὺν With or together (but much closer than G3326 or G3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc with
the τοῖς The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
twelve δώδεκα Two and ten, i.e., a dozen twelve
asked ἠρώτησαν To interrogate; by implication, to request asked
of him αὐτὸν The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons of him
the τὴν The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
parable. παραβολήν A similitude ("parable"), i.e., (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage parable

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  • 8  And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

  • 9  And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • 10  And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

  • 11  And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

  • 12  That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.




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