Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
He that heareth and doeth not (o de akousav kai mh poihsav). Aorist active participle with article. Particular case singled out (punctiliar, aorist).
Like a man (omoiov estin anqrwpw). Associative instrumental case after omoiov as in verse Luke 6:47.
Upon the earth (epi thn ghn). Matthew 7:26 has "upon the sand" (epi thn ammon), more precise and worse than mere earth. But not on the rock.
Without a foundation (xwriv qemeliou). The foundation on the rock after deep digging as in verse Luke 6:48.
It fell in (sunepesen). Second aorist active of sunpiptw, to fall together, to collapse. An old verb from Homer on, but only here in the N.T.
The ruin (to rhgma). The crash like a giant oak in the forest resounded far and wide. An old word for a rent or fracture as in medicine for laceration of a wound. Only here in the N.T.
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