Mustard Seed, Seasoning, Spices, and Herbs
Jesus tells the Parable that the kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed. It is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
(Matthew 13:31-32; Mark 4:31; Luke 13:19).
The second account of mustard being used in the Bible is in Matthew and Luke. The disciples came to Jesus to find out why they could not cast out a devil in a child. Jesus told the disciples it was because of their unbelief. If they had faith as a grain of mustard seed they would be able to say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. (Matthew 17:20; Luke 17:6). The small mustard seed was used to describe the amount of faith it would take to do what the Lord requires from his disciples.
Mustard is found to be very pungent to the brain and nostrils. Pounded with vinegar, mustard is employed as a liniment for the stings of serpents and scorpions, and it effectually neutralizes the poisonous properties of fungi. To cure an extreme secretion of phlegm it is kept in the mouth till it melts. Taken with the food, it eases expectoration from the lungs. It is also for asthma and epileptic fits, in combination with cucumber seed. Used as an external application, mustard is a cure for chronic pains of the chest, loins, hips, shoulders, and, in general, for all deep-seated pains in any part of the body, raising blisters by its acid properties. (Pliny the Elder.1855.p. 4288-90) .
References:
Pliny the Elder. (1855). The Natural History, ed. John Bostock. Medford, MA: Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, 1855
Strong, James. (2001).The New Strong’s Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers.
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