Lucas 8:6

6 Outra caiu sobre pedra; e, nascida, secou-se porque não havia umidade.

Lucas 8:6 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:6

And some fell upon a rock
Which the other evangelists call "stony places", and "stony ground"; by which are meant such hearers whose hearts are, hardened through the deceitfulness of sin, and continue so notwithstanding the preaching of the word unto them.

And as soon as it sprung up;
as it did immediately, as the other evangelists say; and that for this reason, which they give, "because it had no depth of earth"; only a small crust, or shell of earth over the rock; and signifies, that these hearers had only a superficial knowledge of the word, and hastily made a profession of it, which soon came to nothing:

it withered away, because it lacked moisture;
the other evangelists say, "when the sun was up, it was scorched"; meaning tribulation and persecution, the grace of God being wanting to support under fiery trials: the reason given in Matthew and Mark why it withered, is,

because it had no root;
and so read the Persic and Ethiopic versions here.

Lucas 8:6 In-Context

4 Ora, ajuntando-se uma grande multidão, e vindo ter com ele gente de todas as cidades, disse Jesus por parábola:

5 Saiu o semeador a semear a sua semente. E quando semeava, uma parte da semente caiu � beira do caminho; e foi pisada, e as aves do céu a comeram.

6 Outra caiu sobre pedra; e, nascida, secou-se porque não havia umidade.

7 E outra caiu no meio dos espinhos; e crescendo com ela os espinhos, sufocaram-na.

8 Mas outra caiu em boa terra; e, nascida, produziu fruto, cem por um. Dizendo ele estas coisas, clamava: Quem tem ouvidos para ouvir, ouça.