1. Mark 4:22 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How does the remark that "nothing is hidden except to be made manifest" apply to Mark 4:11-12?

Mark 4:22 (ESV)

22 For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light.

The crowds remained “outsiders” and although they certainly had opportunity to see, they did not see.1