{Groweth up} (anabainei). Mt 13:32 {When it is grown}
(hotan aux(8874)h(8869)). {Under the shadow thereof} (hupo t(886e) skian
autou). A different picture from Matthew's {in the branches
thereof} (en tois kladois autou). But both use katask(886e)oin,
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
Mt 8:20 the birds have nests (katask(886e)(9373)eis). The use of the
mustard seed for smallness seems to have been proverbial and
Jesus employs it elsewhere ( Mt 17:20 Lu 17:6 ).
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