King James Version
What Does Luke 8:6 Mean?
“And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.”
Context
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And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
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A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
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And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
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And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
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And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(6) **Upon a rock.**—Better, *upon the rock.* Note here also the use of a more accurate word than the “stony (or *rocky*) ground” of the other two reports, and the statement that it withered “because it lacked moisture.” This is obviously not without its force in the spiritual interpretation of the parable, the “moisture” being the dew and rain of God’s grace, without which the seed could not put forth its roots. This represents one aspect of what was lacking, as the having “no depth of earth “represents another.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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