Skip to content

Luke 23:29

Luke 23:29
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

My Notes

Commentary

Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then shall they begin to say,.... The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "then shall ye begin to say"; the tribulation being so great, as never was the like since the creation of the world, nor…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 23:26-31

We have here the blessed Jesus, the Lamb of God, led as a lamb to the slaughter, to the sacrifice. It is strange with what expedition they went through his trial; how they could do so much work in…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Blessed are the barren Comp. Luk 11:27; Hos 9:12-16. The words received their most painful illustration in the incident of the Siege, which had long been foretold in prophecy (Deu 28:53-57; Jer 19:9),…

Cross References

Related passages throughout Scripture