Luke 6:48

he is like a man which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock The E.V. here loses all the picturesque force of the original. Rather, he is like a man building a house, who dug, and kept deepening, and laid a foundation on the rock. The rock is Christ and the teaching of Christ (1 Corinthians 10:4). Whether tested by flood, or by fire (1 Corinthians 3:11-15), only the genuine building stands. In another sense, too, "the wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand," Proverbs 12:7.

the flood Rather, an inundation; the sudden rush of a spait.

for it was founded upon a rock Rather, for it had been founded upon the rock. In some MSS. (א, L) we find, instead of this clause, "because it was well built"