How much early christian history is encapsulated in this parable and its relevant timeline?3 “Listen!
Behold, the one sowing went out to sow. 4 And it came to pass as he sowed, some fell along the road, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 And other fell upon the rocky place where it had not much soil, and it jumped up immediately, because of not having depth of soil. 6 And after the sun rose, it was scorched, and because of not having root, it was taken away. 7 And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 And others fell into the good soil and began yielding fruit, growing up and increasing, and one bearing thirtyfold, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”
9 And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Birds eating seed: a time when whatever words/power/kerugma of Jesus (or his spokesApostles) were initially presented.
Rocky soil: a refinement of above, perhaps overlapping, but for whatever reason got stamped out by whatever powers that be (or their threat)
Good soil: lessons learned, ethics reformulated/made more palatable
I wonder how much of these scenarios overlap in real-time history and how much are a commentary on what came before?
Statistics: Posted by perseusomega9 — Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:00 pm