Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth—"the rocky ground"; in Matthew (Matthew 13:5), "the rocky places"; in Luke (Luke 8:6), "the rock." The thing intended is, not ground with stones in it which would not prevent the roots striking downward, but ground where a quite thin surface of earth covers a rock. What means this? See on Mark 4:16.
Third Case: THE THORNY GROUND. (Mark 4:7, Mark 4:18-19).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Mark 4:5:
Matthew 13:3
Mark 4:2
Mark 4:4
1 John 2:16
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