Luke 23:30
Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
In Context
31For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
Cross References
Revelation 9:6In those days people will seek death but will certainly not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
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 →