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The rock (τὴν πέτραν)
Matthew has the rocky place, and Mark the rocky ground.
Sprung up (φυὲν)
Lit., having sprung up. Rev., better, grew. Sprung up is Matthew's ὲξανέτειλεν. Only here and Heb 7:15, where it is a quotation from the Septuagint. See on Mat 13:7.
Moisture (ἱκμάδα)
Only here in New Testament. Matthew and Mark have depth of earth. The word is the medical expression for juices of the body, of plants, and of the earth. Aristophanes, metaphorically, the juice of thought (“Clouds,” 233). Hippocrates uses this and the preceding word together, comparing the juices of the body with those of the earth.