Luke 23:29
For behold the days are coming in which they shall say, happy are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
28Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
30Then shall they say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us:
Cross References
Matthew 24:19But wo to them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days.
Luke 21:23But wo to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon 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 →