Mark - 4:5



5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 4:5.

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And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
And other fell on the rocky ground , where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth:
And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth.
And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out of the ground because it had no depth of earth;
And other fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth:
and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,
Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;
And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:
Yet truly, others fell upon stony ground, where it did not have much soil. And it rose up quickly, because it had no depth of soil.
Some fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and, because the soil wasn't deep, sprang up at once;

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And some fell on stony ground,.... The word was preached to some persons who had hearts of stone, and which remained so:
where it had not much earth; and so could be received only in a notional and superficial way, but could take no place, so as to produce any good effect:
and immediately it sprung up; a sudden and hasty profession of the word was made, without a powerful experience of it:
because it had no depth of earth; if it had, it would have been longer in coming up; more work would have been done by it, which would have required more time, before a profession of it had been made.

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth--"the rocky ground"; in Matthew (Matthew 13:5), "the rocky places"; in Luke (Luke 8:6), "the rock." The thing intended is, not ground with stones in it which would not prevent the roots striking downward, but ground where a quite thin surface of earth covers a rock. What means this? See on Mark 4:16.
Third Case: THE THORNY GROUND. (Mark 4:7, Mark 4:18-19).

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