But without a parable he spoke not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
All Commentaries on Mark 4:34 Go To Mark 4
John Chrysostom
AD 407
And also because the wisdom spoken amongst the perfect expands, to an extent greater than all other sayings, that which was told to men in short discourses, for there is nothing greater than this truth.
Then after this, Mark, who delights in brevity, to show the nature of the parables, subjoins, “And with many such parables spake He the word unto them as they could hear Him.”
