Teks -- Matthew 13:5 (NET)

13:5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

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Robertson: Mat 13:5 - The rocky places

The rocky places ( ta petrōdē ).

In that limestone country ledges of rock often jut out with thin layers of soil upon the layers of rock.

Robertson: Mat 13:5 - Straightway they sprang up

Straightway they sprang up ( eutheōs exaneteilen ).

"Shot up at once"(Moffatt). Double compound (ex , out of the ground, ana , up). Ingressive aorist of exanatellō .

Vincent: Mat 13:5 - Stony places

Stony places

Not ground covered with loose stones, but a hard, rocky surface, covered with a thin layer of soil.

Clarke: Mat 13:5 - Stony places

Stony places - Where there was a thin surface of earth, and a rock at the bottom.

Defender: Mat 13:5 - no deepness of earth

Luk 8:6 says that this stony ground "lacked moisture." The sown seed, which is the Word of God, must also be watered by the work of other believers (1Co 3:6)."

TSK: Mat 13:5

Mat 13:20; Eze 11:19, Eze 36:26; Amo 6:12; Zec 7:12

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Poole: Mat 13:4-9 - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear

Ver. 4-9. There is some difference in the terms used by Mark and Luke in their relations of this parable, Mar 4:3-8 , and Luk 8:4-8 ; but none that are material, nor much to be considered by us, being they are in the parable. I shall when I come to it more exactly consider what differences there are betwixt the evangelists in the terms they use in the explication which our Saviour giveth us of the parable; which he did not give before the multitude, but when he was alone, saith Mark, Mar 4:10 . That which our Saviour spoke to the whole multitude was this. Now whether there were indeed any such sower, yea or no, is not at all material: our Saviour’ s design was not to inform them in a matter of fact, but of the different success of the preaching of the word; and for this purpose he brought this similitude, leaving the generality of the hearers to study out his meaning, concluding,

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear which is an epiphonema, or conclusion of a speech, we met with before, and spake something to.

Lightfoot: Mat 13:5 - Some fell among stony places

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:   

[Some fell among stony places.] Discourse is had concerning some laws of the Kilaim (or, of the seeds of different kinds ), and of the seventh year: where, among other things, we meet with these words; "R. Simeon Ben Lachish saith that he is freed [from those laws] who sows his seed by the sea, upon rocks, shelves, and rocky places." These words are spoken according to the reason and nature of the land of Israel, which was very rocky; and yet those places that were so were not altogether unfit for tillage.

Haydock: Mat 13:5 - Had no deepness of earth

Had no deepness of earth; and therefore the seed, not able to shoot downwards, shot upwards, and for want of necessary moisture and nutriment, was burned by the scorching heat of the sun.

Gill: Mat 13:5 - Some fell upon stony places // Where they had not much earth // And forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth

Some fell upon stony places,.... Such a place as the Jews call חולסית, a barren, stony place, a place from whence, they say, they take stones, and בית סלע, and which אינו ראוי לזריעה, "is not fit for sowing" ^d; and such were those places and spots of ground, that some of these seeds fell upon; and design such hearers, in whom the natural hardness of their hearts continues, and who remain unbroken by the word, and are without any true sense of sin, and repentance for it.

Where they had not much earth, to cover them and take root in: this is expressive of such persons who have slight convictions of sin, and awakenings of the natural conscience; some little, light, and speculative notions of the word, in the understanding and judgment; some flashes of natural affection for it, and outward expressions of delight and pleasure in it; some show of grace, and a form of godliness, but no real heart work.

And forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth; to strike their roots downwards: and through the reflection of the heat, upon the rocks and stones, they quickly broke through the thin surface of the earth over them, and appeared above ground before the usual time of the springing up of seed: which may not only denote the immediate reception of the word by these hearers, and their quick assent to it; but their sudden and hasty profession of it, without taking due time to consider the nature and importance thereof; and the seeming cheerfulness in which they did both receive and profess it; though it was only outward and hypocritical, and more on account of the manner of preaching it, than the word itself, and through a selfish principle in them; and did not arise from any real experience of the power of it on their souls, or true spiritual pleasure in it: nor could it be otherwise, since their stony hearts were not taken away, nor hearts of flesh given them; wherefore the word had no place in them, and made no real impression on them; they remained dead in trespasses and sins; the word was not the savour of life unto life unto them, or the Spirit that giveth life; they did not become living and lively stones; they continued as insensible as ever of their state and condition by nature, of the exceeding sinfulness of sin, of the danger they were in, and of their need of Christ, and salvation by him; they were as hard, and obdurate, and as inflexible, as ever, without any real contrition for sin, or meltings of soul through the influence of the love and grace of God; and as backward as ever to submit to the righteousness of Christ, being stout hearted, and far from it; and being no more cordially willing to be subject to the sceptre of his kingdom, or to serve him in righteousness and holiness, than they ever were; for the word falling upon them, made no change in them; their hearts were as hard as ever, notwithstanding the seeming and hasty reception of it; though they did not refuse to hearken to the word externally, did not put away the shoulder, or stop their ears, yet their hearts were still like an adamant stone: nothing but the mighty power of God, and his efficacious grace, can break the rocky heart in pieces; or give an heart of flesh, a sensible, soft, and flexible one, with which a man truly repents of sin, believes in Christ, and becomes subject to him.