Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 8:15

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 8:15 - 8:15

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 8:15 - 8:15

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15. κατέχουσιν, “hold it fast.” Vulg[177] retinent. Comp. Luk 11:28; Joh 14:21; 1Co 11:2. “Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee,” Psa 119:11. These are the opposite of the “forgetful hearers,” Jam 1:25. For them the seed does not fall ‘on the way.’

[177] Vulg. Vulgate.

καρποφοροῦσιν ἐν ὑπομονῇ. See Luk 21:19. Not as in thorns, not as on the rocky ground. The hundredfold harvest does not come at once, but “first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.” These words are added by St Luke alone. Patience or persevering consistency is a favourite word with St Paul. It is “strength of mind sustained by good hope … The sum of Christianity.” Bengel.