Luke 6:48 Meaning and Explanation
“He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Luke 6:48 Mean?
The doer of the word is like a man building a house who digged deep and laid the foundation on a rock. The digging is the quiet center of the picture — costly, invisible work, done long before any storm, down through soil to something solid. Then the flood arose and the stream beat vehemently, and could not shake the house.
Obedience is how a life digs down to bedrock. Storms are not a possibility in this parable but a certainty; the same stream strikes every house. What Christ promises is not exemption but foundation: the life built on actually doing his words holds firm when everything around it is moving.
Luke 6:48 in the Original Language
petra (πέτρα), 'rock' -- bedrock, the solid ledge of stone beneath the soil, not a loose boulder.
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What does Luke 6:48 mean?
The one who hears and does is like a builder who dug deep and founded his house on rock; the flood could not shake it.