Matthew 13:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Anon with joy receiveth it. — The second type of character stands in marked contrast with the first. Rapid change, strong emotion, a quicker show of conversion than in the case where it is more real. — such results, it need hardly be said, come under the notice of every earnest preacher. In proportion to the tendency of any system — such as the revivalist meetings of one school, the mission services of another — to cause excitement, are those results likely to be frequent.

Matthew 13:20

20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;