EARTHLY PARABLES AND ETERNAL PRINCIPLES (9)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: Mark 4:1-34
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Title: Earthly Parables and Eternal Principles
Series: The Gospel of Mark: A Journey With Jesus
Author: Jim Perdue
Text: Mark 4:1-34
-We are studying the Gospel of Mark on Sunday mornings in a series I'm calling, A Journey With Jesus. If you'll remember, last week we saw a word occur for the very first time in this gospel that will be an important word for the teaching ministry of Jesus. The Bible says in Mark 3:23 that Jesus began teaching them "in parables."
-Then, Mark 4:2 says, "And He was teaching them many things in parables..." (ON SCREEN) And I think if parables were such an important tool in the teaching of Jesus, it's important for us to know what a parable is.
-*If you are familiar with the term, "parable," you most likely know that a parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. What you may not know is that the word "parable" is a transliterated word in English. The guys who were translating the word from Greek to English couldn't really find the right word in English, so they just took the Greek letters and made them English letters. So, the word for "parable" in the Greek is pa?aß??? (para-bo-lay'). Now, this is why guys like me spend years studying Greek in seminary. They call the first semester of Greek, "Baby Greek." Do you know why? Because it keeps you up all night crying! So, this word in English is actually two words in the Greek. The first is para. This one is familiar; think about the word, "parallel." It means "close beside or with." If two lines are parallel, they go alongside one another. Then, the other word in the Greek is the word, "ballo."
It means to cast or to throw. This was one of the easiest words to remember when studying Greek vocabulary because what do you throw? You throw a ballo! So, the two words together literally mean "to cast alongside." In other words, a parable is a truth taught in a way that casts additional light by using a familiar analogy or example. There's an earthly story, and then ther ...
Series: The Gospel of Mark: A Journey With Jesus
Author: Jim Perdue
Text: Mark 4:1-34
-We are studying the Gospel of Mark on Sunday mornings in a series I'm calling, A Journey With Jesus. If you'll remember, last week we saw a word occur for the very first time in this gospel that will be an important word for the teaching ministry of Jesus. The Bible says in Mark 3:23 that Jesus began teaching them "in parables."
-Then, Mark 4:2 says, "And He was teaching them many things in parables..." (ON SCREEN) And I think if parables were such an important tool in the teaching of Jesus, it's important for us to know what a parable is.
-*If you are familiar with the term, "parable," you most likely know that a parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. What you may not know is that the word "parable" is a transliterated word in English. The guys who were translating the word from Greek to English couldn't really find the right word in English, so they just took the Greek letters and made them English letters. So, the word for "parable" in the Greek is pa?aß??? (para-bo-lay'). Now, this is why guys like me spend years studying Greek in seminary. They call the first semester of Greek, "Baby Greek." Do you know why? Because it keeps you up all night crying! So, this word in English is actually two words in the Greek. The first is para. This one is familiar; think about the word, "parallel." It means "close beside or with." If two lines are parallel, they go alongside one another. Then, the other word in the Greek is the word, "ballo."
It means to cast or to throw. This was one of the easiest words to remember when studying Greek vocabulary because what do you throw? You throw a ballo! So, the two words together literally mean "to cast alongside." In other words, a parable is a truth taught in a way that casts additional light by using a familiar analogy or example. There's an earthly story, and then ther ...
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