Luke 21:23
But alas for them that are with child, and for them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath upon this people.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
22For these are the days of vengeance, that all things that are written may be fulfilled.
Cross References
Matthew 21:44And he that falls upon this stone shall be dashed to pieces; but him on whom it shall fall, it will make like chaff for the wind.
Mark 13:17But alas for those who are with child, and for those who give suck in those days.
Luke 19:43For the days will come upon thee, when thy enemies will throw up a mound about thee, and inclose thee around, and keep thee in on every side,
1 Thessalonians 2:16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, in order that they may fill up their sins at all times: but the wrath is coming upon them to the full.
Hebrews 10:26For if we sin willfully, after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no longer a sacrifice for sins;
Matthew Henry on Luke 21:21-29
Judgments Predicted. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the… Read the whole commentary →