Vincent Word Studies - Mark 4:11 - 4:11

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Vincent Word Studies - Mark 4:11 - 4:11


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Unto them that are without (ἐκείνοις τοῖς ἔξω)

The two latter words are peculiar to Mark. The phrase means those outside of our circle. Its sense is always determined by the contrast to it. Thus, 1Co 5:12, 1Co 5:13, it is non-Christians in contrast with me. Col 4:5, Christians contrasted with people of the world. Compare 1Th 4:12; 1Ti 3:7. Matthew (Mat 13:11), with less precision, uses simply ἐκείνοις (to them), the pronoun of remote reference. Luk 8:10, τοῖς λοιποῖς (to the rest).