Which for a while believe (ο προς καιρον πιστευουσιν). Ostensibly they are sincere and have made a real start in the life of faith…

In time of temptation.—The form of the temptation (or better, trial) is explained by the “tribulation or persecution” of …

And these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

These have no root, and they never…

Theophylact of Ohrid: That which David had foretold in the person of Christ, I will open my mouth in parables, the…

In the next two types of soils there is an initial response, though it is superficial. For some, “in the time of testing” they “fall away” (GK 923;…

They on the rock are they, which when they hear
The seed that fell upon the rock, or stony ground, signify such sort…

There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy ar…