Matthew 13:5 - Exposition

Some ( and others, Revised Version) fell upon stony places ; the rocky places (Revised Version). Where the underlying rock was hardly, if at all, covered by soil. Such spots would be common in the fields of Palestine, as in those of all mountainous countries. Where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprang up ( ἐξανέτειλεν ). They shot up quicker than the thorns in Matthew 13:7 ( ἀνέβησαν ) . Because they had no deepness of earth.