And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
And when the sun was up,…. Some time, and its heat was increasing, and it began to shine out hot, and beat with some vehemency and strength; which may denote some sore temptation, or severe affliction, or fiery trial of persecution and tribulation; see Mt 13:21 for this is not to be understood of the glorious light of the Gospel, which, though very comfortable and refreshing, as well as illuminating to good men, is very distressing and tormenting to carnal minds; they cannot bear its truths and doctrines; this is the fire which comes out of the mouth of God’s faithful witnesses, and torments them that dwell on the earth, and devours their enemies, Re 11:5. And it, moreover, like the sun, has different effects on different objects; as the sun hardens clay, and melts wax, so the Gospel is to the hardening of some, and softening of others; to the one it is the savour of life unto life, and to the other the savour of death unto death; but this cannot be intended, because the word by these hearers is first received with joy. Nor is Christ the sun of righteousness meant, who arises with healing in his wings, and gives grace and glory to his people; but the sun of persecution and affliction, in which sense the metaphor is used, in So 1:6 the heat of which the church patiently bore, though she was made black with it: but these hearers think it strange that such a fiery trial should befall them; wherefore, as they take up their profession in haste, they as quickly drop it; see Re 7:16.
They were scorched, and because they had not root, they withered away: they were offended with what they met with, for the sake of Christ, and the profession of his word; and therefore, not being rooted in him, nor in the love of God, nor having the root of the matter, true grace, in themselves, or, as Luke says, “lacked moisture”, of divine grace, of the dews and waterings of it, fell away finally and totally. This is no instance of the apostasy of real saints, or any proof of true believers falling away finally and totally; since these were not rooted, and grounded in the everlasting and unchangeable love of God, were not interested in it, or were partakers of the effects of it; had they been so, they could never have been separated from it; tribulation, distress, and persecution could never have done it; none of these would ever have moved them; had they had the love of God shed abroad in their hearts, they would have gloried in tribulation: nor were they united to Christ, rooted and built up in him; had they, they would have continued to have derived life and nourishment from him; in him the life of believers is hid, and because he lives they live also; as long as there is life in the root, the branches will not die; he is the root that bears the branches, the root of the righteous that yields fruit, and is never moved: nor had these the truth of grace, which is an incorruptible seed, a well of living water springing up to everlasting life; had they, they could never have withered away; to such God gives more grace, he himself is as the dew unto them, and he waters them every moment.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The sun was risen ( ). Genitive absolute. “The sun having sprung up” also, same verb except the absence of (, ).
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) “And when the sun was up, they were scorched;” (helion de anateilantos ekaumatisthe) “When the sun rose, or had risen to meridians height, it was scorched,” for the rainy season was over.
2) “And because they had no root,” (kai dis to me echein hrizon) “And because it did not have (sufficient) root,” root depth.
3) “They withered away.” (ekseranthe) “It dried up,” died for lack of root and soil. When the testing of sorrow, trial, and persecution came, the emotionally hyped sentimentalists dropped out, reflected their shallow profession, without possession of the Savior and Lord, Mat 13:21; Heb 6:4-6; Heb 10:3; Act 14:22.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(6) Because they had no root.Or, as in Luk. 8:6, because they lacked moisture. The growth had been over-rapid, and the presence of the underlying rock at once made the heat more intense, and deprived the plant of the conditions of resistance.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
6. Sun was up The hot Oriental sun would soon wither the rapid and tender stock.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Mat 13:6. And when the sun was up This was the reason that, upon the sun’s appearing, they were scorched, &c. Prussian editors.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Mat 13:6 f. .] was scorched (Rev 16:8 f.; Plut. Mor . p. 100 D, with reference to fever-heat).
] Owing to the shallowness of the earth, the seed sent up shoots before the root was duly formed.
.] upon the thorns (which were about to spring up there), and these grew up ( , Xen. Oec . xix. 18), shot up . Comp. Jer 4:3 ; Theophrastus, c. pl . ii. 17. 3 : .
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Ver. 6. See Trapp on “ Mat 13:5 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
6. ] = Luke. If the one could have struck down, it would have found the other.
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Mat 13:6 . , it was scorched (by the sun) ( cf. Rev 16:8 ), which had made it spring earliest: promptly quickened, soon killed.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
6.] = Luke. If the one could have struck down, it would have found the other.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Mat 13:6. , they were scorched) sc. in a less degree from without.-, they were dried up) sc. utterly from within.[599]
[599] A man, to whom any degree of good begins to adhere, is liable to the loss of it, even though he may not lose it all at once.-V. g.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
when: Mat 13:21, Isa 49:10, Jam 1:11, Jam 1:12, Rev 7:16
because: Mat 7:26, Mat 7:27, Luk 8:13, Eph 3:17, Col 1:23, Col 2:7
Reciprocal: Psa 1:3 – shall not Psa 129:6 – as the grass Mat 13:20 – received Mar 4:5 – General Mar 11:20 – General Luk 8:6 – General Rev 16:8 – and power
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13:6
Sunlight is necessary for plant life and growth, but other elements must accompany it; it must have a “balanced diet.” This plant was deprived of the moisture and mineral food that should have been supplied in the ground. Not having such necessities, the one article in the menu (that of the sun) was too much and the result was fatal.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mat 13:6. Scorched, or burnt. The heat of the sun, so necessary to vegetable life, did this; but the effect must be connected with the cause: they had no root. Plants need both sunshine and moisture; they get the first from their growth above ground, the second from their growth below ground; the root however being the principal channel of nourishment (comp. Luke: moisture). Hence these withered away.