Luke 23:31

For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

Ver. 31. What shall be done in the dry?] Lo, little sucklings also are here called dry trees, dry wood, such as God's wrath will soon kindle upon.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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³¹ For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

Related Commentaries of Luke 23:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Luke 23:31