“But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.”
But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root — the sun is not an enemy in normal agricultural conditions; it is necessary for growth. But the sun that drives healthy plants deeper (as roots follow moisture downward) destroys the shallow-rooted plant because there is no moisture to follow, no depth to sustain the root system. The withering because they had no root identifies the absence of root as the decisive factor, not the presence of sun. Verse 17 interprets: when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The trouble is the sun; the rootlessness is the problem the trouble exposes.
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