Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Groweth up (anabainei). Matthew 13:32
When it is grown (otan auchqh).
Under the shadow thereof (upo thn skian autou). A different picture from Matthew's
in the branches thereof (en toiv kladoiv autou). But both use kataskhnoin, to tent or camp down, make nests in the branches in the shade or hop on the ground under the shade just like a covey of birds. In Matthew 8:20 the birds have nests (kataskhnwseiv). The use of the mustard seed for smallness seems to have been proverbial and Jesus employs it elsewhere (Matthew 17:20; Luke 17:6).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 4:32:
Mark 4:31
Luke 11:42
Luke 13:19
John 15:2
Hebrews 8:5
Hebrews 10:1
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