Luke 8:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹They on the rock› [are they], ‹which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας, οἳ, ὅταν ἀκούσωσιν, μετὰ χαρᾶς δέχονται τὸν λόγον· καὶ οὗτοι ῥίζαν οὐκ ἔχουσιν, οἳ πρὸς καιρὸν πιστεύουσιν, καὶ ἐν καιρῷ πειρασμοῦ ἀφίστανται.

Transliteration

And those epi tēs petras, who, whenever they akousōsin, with charas dechontai ton logon; and these rizan not echousin, who pros kairon pisteuousin, and in kairō peirasmou aphistantai.

Grammar Details

• *epi*: preposition + genitive - on/upon
• *petras*: genitive, feminine singular - rock
• *akousōsin*: aorist subjunctive, 3rd plural - they might hear
• *charas*: genitive, feminine singular - joy
• *dechontai*: present middle, 3rd plural - receive/accept
• *logon*: accusative, masculine singular - word
• *rizan*: accusative, feminine singular - root
• *echousin*: present, 3rd plural - have/possess
• *pros kairon*: preposition + accusative - for a time/season
• *pisteuousin*: present, 3rd plural - believe
• *kairō*: dative, masculine singular - time/season
• *peirasmou*: genitive, masculine singular - of testing/temptation
• *aphistantai*: present middle, 3rd plural - fall away/depart

Word Meanings

• *epi*: on/upon/atop
• *petras*: rock/rocky ground/bedrock
• *akousōsin*: they might hear/they should hear/when they hear
• *charas*: joy/gladness/delight
• *dechontai*: receive/accept/welcome
• *rizan*: root/foundation
• *pros kairon*: for a time/temporarily/for a season
• *peirasmou*: testing/trial/temptation
• *aphistantai*: fall away/withdraw/depart/abandon

Referenced Verses

• John 5:35 : 35 ‹He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.›
• Prov 12:12 : 12 ¶ The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
• Isa 58:2 : 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
• Ezek 33:32 : 32 And, lo, thou [art] unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
• Hos 6:4 : 4 ¶ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
• Mark 6:20 : 20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
• Luke 22:31-32 : 31 And the Lord said, ‹Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired› [to have] ‹you, that he may sift› [you] ‹as wheat:› 32 ‹But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.›
• John 2:23-25 : 23 ¶ Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast [day], many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men], 25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
• Job 19:28 : 28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
• Ps 106:12-14 : 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 13 ¶ They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
• Prov 12:3 : 3 ¶ A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
• Matt 13:20-21 : 20 ‹But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;› 21 ‹Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.›
• Mark 4:16-17 : 16 ‹And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;› 17 ‹And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.›
• Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
• John 8:30-32 : 30 As he spake these words, many believed on him. 31 ¶ Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, ‹If ye continue in my word,› [then] ‹are ye my disciples indeed;› 32 ‹And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.›
• John 12:42-43 : 42 ¶ Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [him], lest they should be put out of the synagogue: 43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
• John 15:2 : 2 ‹Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every› [branch] ‹that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.›
• John 15:6 : 6 ‹If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast› [them] ‹into the fire, and they are burned.›
• Acts 8:13-23 : 13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. 14 ¶ Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. 20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. 23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity.
• 1 Cor 13:2 : 2 And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
• 1 Cor 15:2 : 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
• Gal 3:1 : 1 ¶ O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
• Gal 3:4 : 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in vain.
• Gal 4:15-20 : 15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. 16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? 17 ¶ They zealously affect you, [but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. 18 But [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a] good [thing], and not only when I am present with you. 19 ¶ My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
• Eph 3:17 : 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
• Col 1:23 : 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
• Col 2:7 : 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
• 1 Thess 3:5 : 5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
• 1 Tim 1:19 : 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
• 2 Tim 2:18-19 : 18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. 19 ¶ Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
• Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
• Jas 2:26 : 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
• 2 Pet 2:20 : 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
• 2 Pet 2:22 : 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.