Luke 23:31
Because if they do these things in the green tree, what will happen in the dry?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
In Context
30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us.
32And two other men, malefactors, were also led with him to be executed.
Cross References
Jeremiah 25:29For, lo, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished. For I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says LORD of hosts.
Ezekiel 20:47And say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of LORD. Thus says lord LORD: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree. The flaming flame shall not be quenched, and al
Daniel 9:26And after the sixty-two weeks the anointed one shall be cut off, and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and the end of it shall be with a flood. And even to the
John 15:6If any man does not dwell in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and are burned.
1 Peter 4:17Because the time to begin judgment is from the house of God, and if first from us, what is the end of those who disobey the good-news of God?
Matthew Henry on Luke 23:27-32
The Crucifixion. 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs… Read the whole commentary →