Luke 23:31
For, if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
32And two others, who were evil-doers, were led out to be put to death with him.
Cross References
John 15:6If any one abide not in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and withers; and such are gathered, and thrown into the fire, and burned.
1 Peter 4:17For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God; and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the gospel 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 →