Luke 8:12

οἱ ἀκούσαντες : this is not a sufficient definition of the wayside hearers; all the classes described heard. The next clause, beginning with εἰτα, must be included in the definition = the wayside men are persons in whose case, so soon as they have heard, cometh, etc. ὁ διάβολος : each gospel has a different name for the evil one; ὁ πονηρὸς, Mt., ὁ σατανᾶς, Mk. ἵνα μὴ πιστεύσαντες σωθῶσιν, lest believing they should be saved; peculiar to Lk., and in expression an echo of St. Paul and the apostolic age.