Upon a rock.—Better, upon the rock. Note here also the use of a more accurate word than the “stony (or rocky) gr…

Or, as Mark records it, because it had no depth of earth. There was just a thin layer of soil, enough for the seed's germination and early…

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

This particular parable reflects a situation well known to the audience, and its details would have immediately been grasped by the hearers. The ve…

And some fell upon a rock
Which the other evangelists call "stony places", and "stony ground"; by which are meant such hearers…

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…