Luke 8:13
Context| NETBible | Those 1 on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, 2 but 3 in a time of testing 4 fall away. 5 |
| XREF | Job 19:28; Ps 106:12-14; Pr 12:3,12; Isa 58:2; Eze 33:32; Ho 6:4; Mt 13:20,21; Mr 4:16,17; Mr 6:20; Lu 22:31,32; Joh 2:23-25; Joh 5:35; Joh 8:30-32; Joh 12:42,43; Joh 15:2,6; Ac 8:13-23; 1Co 13:2; 1Co 15:2; Ga 3:1,4; Ga 4:15-20; Eph 3:17; Col 1:23; Col 2:7; 1Th 3:5; 1Ti 1:19; 2Ti 2:18,19; Heb 10:39; Jas 2:26; 2Pe 2:20,22; 1Jo 2:19; Jude 1:12 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated. 2 sn This time of temporary faith represented by the description believe for a while is presented rather tragically in the passage. The seed does not get a chance to do all it can. 3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context. 4 tn Traditionally, “temptation.” Such a translation puts the emphasis on temptation to sin rather than testing of faith, which is what the context seems to indicate. 5 sn Fall away. On the idea of falling away and the warnings against it, see 2 Tim 3:1; Heb 3:12; Jer 3:14; Dan 9:9. |
