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John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:28

Verse 28 28.Weep not. Some have thought that the women are reproved, because foolishly and inconsiderately they poured out tears to no purpose. On the contrary, Christ does not simply reprove them, as if it were improperly and without a cause that they were weeping, but warns them that there will be far greater reason for weeping on account of the dreadful judgment of God which hangs over them; as if he had said, that his death was not the end, but the beginning, of evils to Jerusalem and to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:29

Verse 29 29For, lo, the days will come. He threatens, that a calamity which is not usual, but fearful and unheard of, is at hand, in which will be perceived, at a glance, the vengeance of God. As if he had said, that this nation will not be carried away by a single or ordinary kind of destruction, but that it will perish under a mass of numerous and great calamities, so that it would be much more desirable that the mountains should fall upon them, and crush them, or that the earth should open... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26-32

On the way to Calvary. Simon the Cyrenian. The daughters of Jerusalem. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:26-46

The merciful Savior on the cross. Delivered unto the will of the Jews by the indecision of Pilate, Jesus accepts the cross, and proceeds under its crushing weight towards Calvary. But seeing him fainting under it, they press Simon the Cyrenian into service, and he has the everlasting honor of carrying the end of the beam after Jesus. Thus is it in all life's burdens—the weighty end of them is carried by the sympathetic Master, while the lighter end he allows his people to carry after him.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:27

And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him . The great company was made up of the usual concourse of curious lookers-on, of disciples, and others who had heard him in past days, and now came, with much horror, to see the end. The women specially noticed consisted mostly, no doubt, of holy women of his own company, such as the "Maries," together with some of those kindly Jerusalem ladies who were in the habit of soothing the last... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:27-31

Sympathy and solicitude. Before reaching Calvary an interesting and instructive incident occurred. Among the tumultuous crowd that surged round the soldiers and their victims were many women. These were better away, we are disposed to think, from a scene so brutal and so harrowing as this. But we will believe that something better than curiosity, that gratitude, that affection, that womanly pity, drew them, spite of their natural shrinking, to this last sad ending. By whatever motives... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:28

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem . This address to them by the Lord indicates that the majority at least of this company of sympathizing women belonged to the holy city. Weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children . Again here, as on the cross, the utter unselfishness of the dying Master comes out. His thoughts in his darkest hour were never of himself. Here, apparently, for the first time since his last interrogation before Pilate does our Lord... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:29

Blessed are the barren . A strange beatitude to be spoken to the women of Israel, who, through all their checkered history, so passionately longed that this barrenness might not be their portion! read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:30

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us . The allusion, in the first place, was to the awful siege of Jerusalem and to the undreamed-of woes which would accompany it; and in the second place, to the centuries of misery and persecution to which the children of these "daughters of Jerusalem'' would, as Jews, be subjected in all lands. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 23:28

Daughters of Jerusalem - Women of Jerusalem. This was a common mode of speaking among the Hebrews.Weep for yourselves ... - This refers to the calamities that were about to come upon them in the desolation of their city by the Romans. read more

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