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Mat_13:21. Description of one whose mind is so stirred as instantly to welcome the word with joy, but who, when subjected to the testing influence of affliction, abandons his faith and relapses into his former condition. Such an one is without root in his own inner being, i.e. he is destitute of that faith (Eph_3:16 f.) which, as a power in the heart, is fitted to maintain and foster the life that has been momentarily awakened by means of the word.
πρόσκαιρος ] temporary, not lasting, not enduring. See Wetstein.
θλίψεως ἢ διωγμοῦ ] by means of the “or” the special is added on to the general.
σκανδαλίζεται ] he encounters a stumbling-block, i.e. a temptation to unbelief; see notes on Mat_5:29, Mat_1:6. Affliction in his case proves a πειρασμός to which he succumbs. Substantially the same as Luk_8:13 : ἀφίστανται .