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The Meaning of the Thorns
Commentators explain that the thorns symbolize the distractions that can overwhelm a person's faith. John Gill identifies these as "worldly cares, and sensual lusts and pleasures." These concerns compete with God's Word for space in a person's heart, eventually making it unfruitful.
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Luke
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AT Robertson
On Luke 8:7
Amidst the thorns (εν μεσω των ακανθων). Mr 4:7 has εις (among) and Mt 13:7 has επ "upon."
Grew with it (σ…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 8:7
19th Century
Bishop
The thorns sprang up with it.—Here again there is a distinctive feature. What made the thorns so fatal to the good seed w…
Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 8:7–8
19th Century
Preacher
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up and bare fruit an hun…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 8:7
This particular parable reflects a situation well known to the audience, and its details would have immediately been grasped by the hearers. The ve…
John Gill
On Luke 8:7
17th Century
Pastor
And some fell among thorns
On ground which had within it the roots of thorns and briars; and designates such hearers…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 8:4–21
17th Century
Minister
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…