Mark 4:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹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.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν καλήν, καὶ ἐδίδου καρπὸν ἀναβαίνοντα καὶ αὐξάνοντα· καὶ ἔφερεν, ἓν τριάκοντα, καὶ ἓν ἑξήκοντα, καὶ ἓν ἑκατόν.

Transliteration

And allo epesen eis the gēn the kalēn, and edidou karpon anabainonta and auxanonta; and epheren, hen triakonta, and hen hexēkonta, and hen hekaton.

Grammar Details

• *allo*: nominative, neuter, singular - other/another
• *epesen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - fell
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - into
• *gēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - earth/soil/ground
• *kalēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - good
• *edidou*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was yielding
• *karpon*: accusative, masculine, singular - fruit
• *anabainonta*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - growing up
• *auxanonta*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - increasing
• *epheren*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was bearing
• *hen*: nominative, neuter, singular - one
• *triakonta*: indeclinable numeral - thirty
• *hexēkonta*: indeclinable numeral - sixty
• *hekaton*: indeclinable numeral - hundred

Word Meanings

• *kalēn*: good/fine/excellent
• *edidou*: was yielding/giving/producing
• *anabainonta*: growing up/sprouting
• *auxanonta*: increasing/growing/multiplying
• *epheren*: was bearing/producing/yielding

Referenced Verses

• John 15:5 : 5 ‹I am the vine, ye› [are] ‹the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.›
• Col 1:6 : 6 Which is come unto you, as [it is] in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as [it doth] also in you, since the day ye heard [of it], and knew the grace of God in truth:
• Gen 26:12 : 12 ¶ Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
• Mark 4:20 : 20 ‹And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive› [it], ‹and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.›
• Jer 23:29 : 29 [Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?
• Matt 13:8 : 8 ‹But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.›
• Acts 17:11 : 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
• 1 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 ¶ Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious.
• Phil 1:11 : 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
• Heb 4:1-2 : 1 ¶ Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard [it].
• Jas 1:19-22 : 19 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
• Matt 13:23 : 23 ‹But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth› [it]; ‹which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.›
• Isa 58:1 : 1 ¶ Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• Luke 8:8 : 8 ‹And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.› And when he had said these things, he cried, ‹He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.›
• Luke 8:15 : 15 ‹But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep› [it], ‹and bring forth fruit with patience.›
• John 1:12-13 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
• John 3:19-21 : 19 ‹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.› 20 ‹For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.› 21 ‹But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.›
• John 7:17 : 17 ‹If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or› [whether] ‹I speak of myself.›