Luke 6:48

He is like a man ¹  building a house, who dug down deep, ²  and laid the foundation on bedrock. When ³  a flood came, the river ⁴  burst against that house but ⁵  could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁶ 

De 32:15,18,31; 1Sa 2:2; 2Sa 22:2,32,47; 2Sa 22:5; 2Sa 23:3; Ps 32:6; Ps 46:1-3; Ps 62:2; Ps 93:3,4; Ps 95:1; Ps 125:1,2; Pr 10:25; Isa 26:4; Isa 28:16; Isa 59:19; Na 1:8; Mt 7:25,26; Joh 16:33; Ac 14:22; Ro 8:35-38; 1Co 3:10-12; 1Co 3:13-15; 1Co 15:55-58; Eph 2:20; 2Ti 2:19; 1Pe 2:4-6; 2Pe 1:10; 2Pe 3:10-14; 1Jo 2:28; Jude 1:24; Re 6:14-17; Re 20:11-15

¹ tn Here and in v. 49 the Greek text reads ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), while the parallel account in Matt 7:24-27 uses ἀνήρ (anhr) in vv. 24 and 26.

² tn There are actually two different Greek verbs used here: “who dug (ἔσκαψεν, eskayen) and dug deep (ἐβάθυνεν, ebaqunen).” Jesus is placing emphasis on the effort to which the man went to prepare his foundation.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁴ sn The picture here is of a river overflowing its banks and causing flooding and chaos.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the context.

⁶ tc Most mss, especially later ones (A C D Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï latt), read “because he built [it] on the rock” rather than “because it had been well built” (Ì^75vid א B L W Ξ 33 579 892 1241 2542 pc sa). The reading of the later mss seems to be a harmonization to Matt 7:25, rendering it most likely secondary.