Luke 23:30

Luke 23:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
• New International Version (NIV)Then “ ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they will begin ‘to say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’

Context of Luke 23:30

28But Jesus, turning toward them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not given birth, and the breasts that have never nursed.’ Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ 31For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?” 32Two others also, who were criminals, were being led away to be executed with Him.

Luke 23:30 word by word

τότε ἄρξονται λέγειν τοῖς ὄρεσιν· πέσετε ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς· καὶ τοῖς βουνοῖς· καλύψατε ἡμᾶς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• shall they beginἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• to sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• to the mountainsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• to the mountainsὄροςoros · mountainG3735
• Fallπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• to the hillsβουνόςbounos · hillG1015
• Coverκαλύπτωkaluptō · to coverG2572

Cross-references for Luke 23:30

• Isaiah 2:19They [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] will go into the caves of the rocks And into the holes of the ground [fleeing] From the terror and dread of the Lord And from the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.
• Hosea 10:8Also the high places of Aven (Beth-aven), the sin of Israel, will be destroyed; The thorn and the thistle will grow on their [pagan] altars, And [in despair] they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”
• Revelation 6:16and they called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne, and from the [righteous] wrath and indignation of the Lamb;
• Revelation 9:6And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.

Commentaries on Luke 23:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Mountains, fall on us - As this refers to the destruction of Jerusalem, and as the same expressions are used, Revelation 6:16, Dr. Lightfoot conjectures that the whole of that chapter may relate to the same event.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30To the mountains, Fall on us … - This is an image of great calamities and judgments. So great will be the calamities that they will seek for shelter from the storm, and will call on the hills to protect them. The same figure is used respecting the wicked in the day of judgment in Revelation 6:16-17. Compare also Isaiah 2:21.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-31Verses 26-31 We 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 him. But the death of Christ was his victory and triumph over his enemies: it was our deliverance, the purchase of eternal life for us. Therefore weep not for him, but let us weep for our own sins, and the sins of our children, which caused his death; and weep for fear of the miseries we…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”‘: This refers to a time when people would prefer death over the terrible suffering they would face. Jesus warned that Jerusalem would experience such terrible pain and destruction that people would beg for mountains to fall on them to end their suffering quickly.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3127-31. women--not the precious Galilean women (Lu 23:49), but part of the crowd.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 23:30

• Death
• Despondency
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus, the Christ
• Quotations and Allusions
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Certainly
• Commend
• Condemnation
• Crucify
• Gorgeous
• Hosea, Prophecies of
• Humiliation of Christ
• Paradise
• Superscription
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Luke 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings