Mark 4:6

6 And ¹when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, ²it withered away.

Mark 4:6 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:6

But when the sun was up, it was scorched
When persecution arose because of the word, and that became very hot and vehement, it tried and pierced through this thin speculative knowledge of the word, which could not stand before it, and bear the heat of it:

and because it had no root, it withered away;
the word had only a place in the head, and not in the heart; wherefore the profession of it was soon dropped, and came to nothing.

Mark 4:6 In-Context

4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil.

6 And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.

7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.

8 And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."

Cross References

• 1. James 1:11
• 2. John 15:6