Lucas 8:6

6 Otras cayeron entre las rocas. Comenzaron a crecer, pero la planta pronto se marchitó y murió por falta de humedad.

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 Parábola del sembrador
Cierto día, Jesús contó una historia en forma de parábola a una gran multitud, proveniente de varias ciudades, que se había reunido para escucharlo:

5 «Un agricultor salió a sembrar. A medida que esparcía las semillas por el campo, algunas cayeron sobre el camino, donde las pisotearon y los pájaros se las comieron.

6 Otras cayeron entre las rocas. Comenzaron a crecer, pero la planta pronto se marchitó y murió por falta de humedad.

7 Otras semillas cayeron entre espinos, los cuales crecieron junto con ellas y ahogaron los brotes.

8 Después de haber dicho esto, exclamó: