Luke 23:31 KJV
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Matthew Henry
- Christ speaks of the destruction of JerusalemWe have here the blessed Jesus, the Lamb of God, led as a lamb to the slaughter, to the sacrifice. Though many reproached and reviled him, yet some pitied...
Harmony of the Gospels
- § 152 Jesus is led away to be crucifiedAlso Matthew 27:31–34; Mark 15:20–23; John 19:16–17
Passion Week
- The CrucifixionWednesday, the 14th · The Preparation · The third hour, as Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John tell it
Parallel Passages
- Jeremiah 25:29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Ezekiel 20:47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- John 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Proverbs 11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
- Jeremiah 25:29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Ezekiel 15:2–7 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? …
- Ezekiel 20:47–48 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. …
- Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Ezekiel 21:3–4 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. …
- Daniel 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
- Hebrews 6:8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
- 1 Peter 4:17–18 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? …
- Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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Topics
- Death Death of Jesus
- Israel, prophecies concerning Of war and other judgments
- Jesus, the Christ Is led away to be crucified (from Jerusalem)
- Pilate, Pontius Tries Jesus and orders his crucifixion
- Prisoners Jesus
- Wicked (people) Punishment of
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 31 · The Crucifixion
Strong’s Numbers
- For ὅτι hóti
- if εἰ ei
- they do ποιέω poiéō
- these things ταῦτα taûta
- in ἐν en
- a green ὑγρός hygrós
- tree ξύλον xýlon
- what τίς tís
- shall be done γίνομαι gínomai
- in ἐν en
- the dry ξηρός xērós
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