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John Gill
Yet hath he not root in himself,.... Nor in Christ; the word is not rooted in him, nor has he the root of the matter, or the truth of grace in him: but dureth for a while; a hearer of the word, a professor of religion, showing some outward respect to the word, and to the preachers of it: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth, because of the word; which is often the case, and must be...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter, we have, I. The favour which Christ did to his countrymen in preaching the kingdom of heaven to them, ver. 1-2. He preached to them in parables, and here gives the reason why he chose that way of instructing, ver. 10-17. And the evangelist gives another reason, ver. 34, 35. There are eight parables recorded in this chapter, which are designed to represent the kingdom of heaven,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. A straw fire blazes fiercely, but lasts not long. And so there are some that we hope are converts who show an extraordinary zeal,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it, yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. He soon ceases even to profess to be a Christian, he jumped into religion, and he jumps out again. Revival always produce a large...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for awhile: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. Here the seed was the same and the sower the same, but the result somewhat different. In this case there was earth enough to cover...