Luke 23:30

30 That will be the time when people will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!' and to the hills, "Hide us!' ¹

Luke 23:30 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:30

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 never will be to the end of it; and being so sore pressed with the sword and famine; with the enemy without, and divisions, robberies, and murders within; and their miseries being inexpressible, and intolerable, they will seek to go into the holes of the rocks, and caves of the earth, as is prophesied of them, ( Isaiah 2:19 ) and as Josephus says, many of them did, when the city was taken; and, like those in ( Hosea 10:8 ) will say, "to the mountains fall on us, and to the hills cover us"; will choose rather that the mountains and hills round about Jerusalem, should fall upon them, and they be buried under the ruins of them, than live in such terrible distress, or fall into the hands of their enemies! Compare with this ( Revelation 6:15 Revelation 6:16 ) .

Luke 23:30 In-Context

28 Jesus turned to them and said, "Women of Jerusalem! Don't cry for me, but for yourselves and your children.

29 For the days are coming when people will say, "How lucky are the women who never had children, who never bore babies, who never nursed them!'

30 That will be the time when people will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!' and to the hills, "Hide us!'

31 For if such things as these are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

32 Two other men, both of them criminals, were also led out to be put to death with Jesus.

Cross References

• 1. 23.30Hosea 10.8;Revelation 6.16.