Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The rocky places (ta petrwdh). In that limestone country ledges of rock often jut out with thin layers of soil upon the layers of rock.
Straightway they sprang up (euqewv ecaneteilen). "Shot up at once" (Moffatt). Double compound (ec, out of the ground, ana, up). Ingressive aorist of ecanatellw.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 13:3
Matthew 13:7
Luke 8:6
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