Luke 23:31
Because if while an etz (tree) is green they do these things, what may happen when it is dry? + 23:31 Ezek 21:3
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 25:29For, hinei, I begin to bring ra'ah on the Ir which is called by My Shem, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a cherev upon all the inhabitants of ha'aretz, saith Hashem Tzva'os.
Daniel 9:26And after threescore and two heptads, yikaret (will be cut off) Moshiach, + 9:26 Isa 53:8 but not for himself; + 9:26 Isa 53:4-6,8 and the troops of the coming nagid shall destroy the Ir and the Kodesh [Beis Hamikdash]; + 9:26 i.e., 70.C.E and the end thereof shall come with a flood, and unto the end there shall be war. Desolations are determined.
John 15:6Unless someone remains in me, he is cast out as the sarig and is dried up and they gather them, and into the Eish they throw them, and they are burned. + 15:6 Ezek 15:1-8; 19:10
1 Peter 4:17Because the time has come to begin the Mishpat from the Beis Hashem; and if the Mishpat begins with us, what will be the toitzaa (outcome) of the ones without mishma'at (obedience) to the Besuras HaGeulah of Hashem?
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 →