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| + | | Bailey || Mustard seed proverbial for great growth of kingdom. In OT trees are an image of great kingdoms with worldwide impact. Birds of air may symbolise Gentiles. No referent for man or field. | ||
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| + | | Barbieri || Sphere of professing followers would grow into a large entity. No referent for man, tree or field. | ||
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| + | | Blomberg || No referent for man, mustard seed or field. Birds of the air may refer to predominantly Gentile peoples | ||
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| + | | Carson || No referent for man, mustard seed or field. Mustard seed a metaphor for small beginning. | ||
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| + | | Davies and Allison || No referent for man, mustard seed or field. Did Matthew think of the birds of the air as standing for Gentiles? One guesses that he did. | ||
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| + | | Dodd || Tree is a symbol for a great empire offering political protection to its subject-states. Process of obscure development is at an end. The Kingdom of God is here: birds are flocking to find shelter in shade of tree. | ||
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| + | | Ellisen || No referent for man, mustard seed, field, tree or birds. Focus on growth. | ||
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| + | | France || No referent for man, mustard seed, field. Tree may refer to great empire. Birds of heaven may be symbolic of all the nations. | ||
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| + | | Hagner || No referents given. | ||
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| + | | Hunter || Tree a symbol for world-wide empire embracing all peoples. Birds of the air a rabbinic name for the Gentiles. No referent for man, mustard seed or his field. | ||
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| + | | Jeremias || Tree symbolises world power. “Birds of the air” is an eschatological technical term for the incorporation of the Gentiles into the people of God. | ||
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| + | | Lockyer || The man is the Son of Man, the field is the world and the seed is that sown on Pentecost. Tree refers to ecclesiastical and religious-political systems and birds, of the air symbolise Satan and his evil forces. | ||
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| + | | Luz || In light of previous parable, the person who sows is understood as the Son of Man and the field as the world. Birds of the air may conceivably be Gentiles. | ||
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| + | | Kingsbury || Field alludes to Israel. Man that sowed refers to Jesus. Tree a picture of a mighty empire and birds of the air is a veiled reference to Gentiles. | ||
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| + | | Kistemaker || Mustard seed is effectively the message of salvation. Christianity has become a tree that provides shelter for people everywhere. | ||
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| + | | Nolland || Jesus must be the sower. No other referents. | ||
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| + | | Snodgrass || Mustard seed analogous to Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom. Seems to prefer no other referents. | ||
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| + | | Toussaint || Tree and birds can be connected to growth in number of those who will be heirs of the kingdom. | ||
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| + | | Turner || No specific referents. | ||
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| + | | Walvoord || Number of true Christians and professing Christians will increase. | ||
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| + | | Wenham || No specific referents. | ||
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| + | | Wiersbe || Tree is a symbol of world power. Birds taken as negative. | ||
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Revision as of 21:29, 11 November 2018
What is free-for-all allegory?
- Mustard Seed
| Author | Mustard |
|---|---|
| Bailey | Mustard seed proverbial for great growth of kingdom. In OT trees are an image of great kingdoms with worldwide impact. Birds of air may symbolise Gentiles. No referent for man or field. |
| Barbieri | Sphere of professing followers would grow into a large entity. No referent for man, tree or field. |
| Blomberg | No referent for man, mustard seed or field. Birds of the air may refer to predominantly Gentile peoples |
| Carson | No referent for man, mustard seed or field. Mustard seed a metaphor for small beginning. |
| Davies and Allison | No referent for man, mustard seed or field. Did Matthew think of the birds of the air as standing for Gentiles? One guesses that he did. |
| Dodd | Tree is a symbol for a great empire offering political protection to its subject-states. Process of obscure development is at an end. The Kingdom of God is here: birds are flocking to find shelter in shade of tree. |
| Ellisen | No referent for man, mustard seed, field, tree or birds. Focus on growth. |
| France | No referent for man, mustard seed, field. Tree may refer to great empire. Birds of heaven may be symbolic of all the nations. |
| Hagner | No referents given. |
| Hunter | Tree a symbol for world-wide empire embracing all peoples. Birds of the air a rabbinic name for the Gentiles. No referent for man, mustard seed or his field. |
| Jeremias | Tree symbolises world power. “Birds of the air” is an eschatological technical term for the incorporation of the Gentiles into the people of God. |
| Lockyer | The man is the Son of Man, the field is the world and the seed is that sown on Pentecost. Tree refers to ecclesiastical and religious-political systems and birds, of the air symbolise Satan and his evil forces. |
| Luz | In light of previous parable, the person who sows is understood as the Son of Man and the field as the world. Birds of the air may conceivably be Gentiles. |
| Kingsbury | Field alludes to Israel. Man that sowed refers to Jesus. Tree a picture of a mighty empire and birds of the air is a veiled reference to Gentiles. |
| Kistemaker | Mustard seed is effectively the message of salvation. Christianity has become a tree that provides shelter for people everywhere. |
| Nolland | Jesus must be the sower. No other referents. |
| Snodgrass | Mustard seed analogous to Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom. Seems to prefer no other referents. |
| Toussaint | Tree and birds can be connected to growth in number of those who will be heirs of the kingdom. |
| Turner | No specific referents. |
| Walvoord | Number of true Christians and professing Christians will increase. |
| Wenham | No specific referents. |
| Wiersbe | Tree is a symbol of world power. Birds taken as negative. |
