Reference: Thorns, Thistles, Etc
Hastings
So many words are used in the Heb. for thorny plants, and they are so variously translated, that it will be convenient to consider them all in one group. In the great majority of cases it is impossible to identify the special species referred to.
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By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Others fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up and choked them.
He that received seed among the thorns, is he that hears the word; and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
and when they had plaited a crown of thorn branches, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and kneeling before him, they derided him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews!
And, lest I should be too much exalted by the excellence of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be too much exalted.
But that which produces thorns and thistles is rejected, and is near the curse, the end of which is to be burned.