Mark 4:11 Commentary - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
11. Them that are without The division between the within and the without was a very customary one with ancient philosophers. Those within were the people who listened and received their philosophy and became learned; those without were the common mass of men, who remained in unphilosophical ignorance. From the Greek words which designate this difference were derived the English words exoteric and esoteric. The exoteric, or those without, in Christianity, are not those who are incapable of learning for the Gospel is not, like a philosophy, abstruse and difficult but they are those who refuse to be wise when the Gospel, simple enough for a child, proposes to make them wiser than philosophy can make them.
Consult other comments:
Mark 4:11 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Mark 4:11 - The Greek Testament
Mark 4:11 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Mark 4:11 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Mark 4:11 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Mark 4:11 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mark 4:11 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 4:11 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 4:11 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Mark 4:11 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Mark 4:11 - Geneva Bible Notes
Mark 4:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Mark 4:11 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Mark 4:11 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Mark 4:11 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Mark 4:11 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Mark 4:11 - Lightfoot Commentary Gospels
Mark 4:11 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mark 4:11 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Mark 4:11 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Mark 4:11 - Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Mark 4:11 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 4:11 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mark 4:11 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Mark 4:11 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885) was a prominent university professor, theologian, and author. He served as Professor of Ancient Languages at Wesleyan University in Connecticut; as Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Michigan; and as editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review from 1856 to1884. He authored numerous books including Commentary on the New Testament (New York: Carlton & Porter, 1860); Commentary on the Old Testament (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1873); What is Arminianism? (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1879); and Essays, Reviews, and Discourses (New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887).