“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.”
Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away — the rocky ground people believe for a while — Luke's they believe for a while is more specific than Mark's they believe. The time of testing (en kairō peirasmou, in the season of trial) is when the rootless faith collapses.
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