MATTHEW 13:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.”
Yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. The rootlessness is the defining condition of the rocky-ground person: no root means no capacity to sustain through the drought of persecution. The immediately falls away mirrors the immediately receives in verse 20 — the same emotional immediacy that characterized the initial reception characterizes the falling away. Depth of root, not height of initial excitement, determines the response to tribulation.
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