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Mat_13:24. Αὐτοῖς ] to the multitude. Comp. Mat_13:3; Mat_13:10; Mat_13:34.
ὡμοιώθη ] the Messiah’s kingdom has become like (see note on Mat_7:26). The aorist is to be explained from the fact that the Messiah has already appeared, and is now carrying on His work in connection with His kingdom. Comp. Mat_12:28.
σπείραντι (see critical remarks): the sowing had taken place; whereupon followed the act that is about to be mentioned. It is to be observed, moreover, that the kingdom is not represented merely by the person of the sower, but by his sowing good seed, and by all that follows thereupon (as far as Mat_13:30); but to such an extent is the sower the leading feature in the parable, that we are thereby enabled to account for such phraseology as ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλεία … ἀνθρώπῳ σπείραντι . Comp. Mat_13:45; Mat_18:23; Mat_10:1.