Luke 8:6

“And some fell upon a rock, etc.] Which the other evangelists call “stony places”, and “stony ground”; by which are meant such hearers whose hearts are, hardened through the deceitfulness of sin, and continue so notwithstanding the preaching of the word unto them. And as soon as it sprung up; as it did immediately, as the other evangelists say; and that for this reason, which they give, “because it had no depth of earth”; only a small crust, or shell of earth over the rock; and signifies, that these hearers had only a superficial knowledge of the word, and hastily made a profession of it, which soon came to nothing: it withered away, because it lacked moisture; the other evangelists say,…”

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“8:6 fell among rocks: Often there was a limestone layer nine to twelve inches under the soil, so that the rain was trapped and seed sprouted quickly in the moist soil. But when the rain stopped, the sun evaporated the trapped moisture and the plant died.”

“Luk 8:13; Jer 5:3; Eze 11:19, Eze 36:26; Amo 6:12; Mat 13:5, Mat 13:6, Mat 13:20, Mat 13:21; Mar 4:5, Mar 4:6, Mar 4:16; Mar 4:17; Rom 2:4, Rom 2:5; Heb 3:7, Heb 3:8, Heb 3:15 Luke 8:7”