26{
"verseID": "Mark.4.26",
"source": "¶Καὶ ἔλεγεν, Οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὡς ἐάν ἄνθρωπος βάλῃ τὸν σπόρον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·",
"text": "And *elegen*, *Houtōs estin* the *basileia* of the *Theou*, as if *anthrōpos balē* the *sporon epi* the *gēs*;",
"grammar": {
"*elegen*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he was saying",
"*Houtōs*": "adverb - thus/in this way",
"*estin*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is",
"*basileia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - kingdom",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - God",
"*anthrōpos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - man/person",
"*balē*": "aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might cast",
"*sporon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - seed",
"*epi*": "preposition + genitive - upon",
"*gēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - earth/ground"
},
"variants": {
"*Houtōs*": "thus/so/in this way",
"*basileia*": "kingdom/reign/rule",
"*anthrōpos*": "man/person/human being",
"*balē*": "might cast/throw/scatter",
"*sporon*": "seed/grain",
"*gēs*": "earth/ground/soil"
}
}
27{
"verseID": "Mark.4.27",
"source": "Καὶ καθεύδῃ, καὶ ἐγείρηται νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ ὁ σπόρος βλαστάνῃ καὶ μηκύνηται, ὡς οὐκ οἶδεν αὐτός.",
"text": "And *katheudē*, and *egeirētai nykta* and *hēmeran*, and the *sporos blastanē* and *mēkynētai*, as not *oiden* he.",
"grammar": {
"*katheudē*": "present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - he might sleep",
"*egeirētai*": "present middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular - he might rise",
"*nykta*": "accusative, feminine, singular - night",
"*hēmeran*": "accusative, feminine, singular - day",
"*sporos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - seed",
"*blastanē*": "present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - it might sprout",
"*mēkynētai*": "present middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular - it might grow",
"*oiden*": "perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he knows"
},
"variants": {
"*katheudē*": "he might sleep/rest",
"*egeirētai*": "he might rise/get up",
"*nykta*": "night/nighttime",
"*hēmeran*": "day/daytime",
"*sporos*": "seed/grain",
"*blastanē*": "it might sprout/germinate",
"*mēkynētai*": "it might grow/increase/lengthen",
"*oiden*": "he knows/understands"
}
}
28{
"verseID": "Mark.4.28",
"source": "Αὐτομάτη γὰρ ἡ γῆ καρποφορεῖ· πρῶτον χόρτον, εἶτα στάχυν, εἶτα πλήρη σῖτον ἐν τῷ στάχυϊ.",
"text": "*Automatē gar* the *gē karpophorei*; *prōton chorton*, *eita stachyn*, *eita plērē siton* in the *stachyi*.",
"grammar": {
"*Automatē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - of itself",
"*gar*": "conjunction - for",
"*gē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - earth",
"*karpophorei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - bears fruit",
"*prōton*": "adverb - first",
"*chorton*": "accusative, masculine, singular - blade",
"*eita*": "adverb - then",
"*stachyn*": "accusative, masculine, singular - ear",
"*plērē*": "accusative, masculine, singular - full",
"*siton*": "accusative, masculine, singular - grain",
"*stachyi*": "dative, masculine, singular - ear"
},
"variants": {
"*Automatē*": "of itself/spontaneously/automatically",
"*gē*": "earth/soil/land",
"*karpophorei*": "bears fruit/produces/yields",
"*chorton*": "blade/grass/vegetation",
"*stachyn*": "ear/head [of grain]",
"*plērē*": "full/complete/mature",
"*siton*": "grain/wheat",
"*stachyi*": "ear/head [of grain]"
}
}