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Luca 21:23

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23 Ora, guai alle gravide, ed a quelle che latteranno a que’ dì! perciocchè vi sarà gran distretta nel paese, ed ira sopra questo popolo.

Luca 21:23 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:23

But woe unto them that are with-child
(See Gill on Matthew 24:19).

For there shall be great distress in the land;
of Judea. The Greek word (anagkh) , here used, properly signifies "necessity", but here intends afflictions and distress; in which sense it is often used by the Septuagint, as in ( Psalms 107:6 Psalms 107:13 Psalms 107:19 Psalms 107:28 ) ( 119:143 ) ( Jeremiah 9:15 ) and it is also by the Targumists adopted into their language, and used in the same sense F4: and indeed, the distress was very great, and such a time of tribulation, as was never known since the beginning of the world, nor never will be the like; what with the enemy without, and their seditions and divisions within, the robberies, murders, and famine, which prevailed and abounded, their miseries are not to be expressed:

and wrath upon this people;
of the Jews; even the wrath of God, as well as of man, which came upon them to the uttermost; and their own historian observes, that God, who had condemned the people, turned every way of salvation to their destruction F5.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 Vid. Targum in Gen xxii. 14. & xxxviii. 25. & Targum Sheni in Esth. v. 1.
F5 Joseph. de Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 15.
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Luca 21:23 In-Context

21 Allora coloro che saranno nella Giudea fuggano a’ monti; e coloro che saranno dentro d’essa dipartansi; e coloro che saranno su per li campi non entrino in essa.
22 Perciocchè que’ giorni saranno giorni di vendetta; acciocchè tutte le cose che sono scritte sieno adempiute.
23 Ora, guai alle gravide, ed a quelle che latteranno a que’ dì! perciocchè vi sarà gran distretta nel paese, ed ira sopra questo popolo.
24 E caderanno per lo taglio della spada, e saranno menati in cattività fra tutte le genti; e Gerusalemme sarà calpestata da’ Gentili, finchè i tempi de’ Gentili sieno compiuti.
25 POI appresso, vi saranno segni nel sole, e nella luna, e nelle stelle; e in terra, angoscia delle genti con ismarrimento; rimbombando il mare e il fiotto;
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