Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Upon the rock (epi thn petran). Mark 4:5 "the rocky ground" (epi to petrwdev), Matthew 13:5 "the rocky places.
As soon as it grew (fuen). Second aorist passive participle of fuw, an old verb to spring up like a sprout.
Withered away (echranqh). First aorist passive indicative of zhrainw, old verb, to dry up.
Moisture (ikmada). Here only in the N.T., though common word.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 8:6:
Mark 5:41
Luke 8:4
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