Mat 13:4 | RWP | e4.org | As he sowed ( εν τω σπειρειν αυτον ). Literally, "in the sowing as to him," a neat Greek idiom unlike our English temporal conjunction. Locative case with the articular present infinitive. By the wayside ( παρα την οδον ). People will make paths along the edge of a ploughed field or even across it where the seed lies upon the beaten track. Devoured ( κατεφαγεν ). "Ate down." We say, "ate up." Second aorist active indicative of κατεσθιω (defective verb).

‏ Matthew 13:4

As he sowed ( εν τω σπειρειν αυτον ). Literally, "in the sowing as to him," a neat Greek idiom unlike our English temporal conjunction. Locative case with the articular present infinitive.

By the wayside ( παρα την οδον ). People will make paths along the edge of a ploughed field or even across it where the seed lies upon the beaten track.

Devoured ( κατεφαγεν ). "Ate down." We say, "ate up." Second aorist active indicative of κατεσθιω (defective verb).