Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 8:7 - 8:7

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Luke 8:7 - 8:7


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7. τῶν ἀκανθῶν. In rich soils and hot valleys like Gennesareth the growth of weeds and thorns is as rapid and luxuriant as that of good seed. In summer and autumn there are parts of the plain which are quite impervious from the forest of gigantic thistles which covers them—“so tall and so dense that no horse can break through” (Porter, Palestine, II. 403). It was natural that this circumstances should suggest several of Christ’s illustrations.