Mark 4:6

6 so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly.

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 As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road and birds ate it.
5 Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn't put down roots,
6 so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly.
7 Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled among the weeds and nothing came of it.
8 Some fell on good earth and came up with a flourish, producing a harvest exceeding his wildest dreams.
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