Luke 23:29
Because behold, the days are coming, in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that did not bring forth, and the breasts that did not nurse.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Hide us.
Cross References
Matthew 24:19But alas unto those who are in gestation and nursing in those days.
Luke 21:23But alas to those in gestation and nursing in those days! For there shall be great distress upon the earth, and wrath to this people.
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 →