Hosea 10:8; Isaiah 2:19; Revelation 6:16; Revelation 9:6
To 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 sh...
The Journey to Calvary. To the incidents of Simon of Cyrene and the two malefactors ( Mark 15:21-27 *, Matthew 27:32-38 *), Lk. adds that of the...
on. Greek. epi. App-104. hills . Greek. Plural of bounds. Occurs only here and in Luke 3:5 .
DISCOURSE: 1584 CHRIST’S ADDRESS TO THE WOMEN WHO LAMENTED HIM Luke 23:27-31 . And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, w...
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. Mountains, fall on us - As this refers to the destruction of J...
Weep not for me, &c.— "Though my death affects you, and seems to call for all your tears, yet it is rather a reason for joy than sorrow, as it...
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, For the exposition see the notes at John 18:38 ; Jo...
Trial Before Pilate and Herod. The Crucifixion and Burial 1-5. The trial before Pilate begins ( Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-14 ; Mark 15:1-5...
The procession to the Cross ( Matthew 27:32 ; Mark 15:21-22 ; John 19:17 ). See on Mt. The beautiful address to the women of Jerusalem is peculia...
Cp. Isaiah 2:19 ; Revelation 6:16 .
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains. — The imagery was natural in a limestone country such as Judæa, subject to earthquakes. Commonly, su...
“They Crucified the Lord of Glory” Luke 23:26-34 Simon's two sons are believed to have become Christians. See Mark 15:21 ; Romans 16:13 . Per...
This is the story of the Cross, and, as in dealing with other Gospels, it is best read in reverent quietness and meditation. We see all the forces of...
"And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear i...
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 ne...
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. Ver. 30. See Revelation 6:16 . See Trapp on " Rev 6:16...
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, &c. Proverbial expressions, to signify their desire of any shelter or refuge; and so...
DELIVERED TO PONTIUS PILATE (vs.1-5) It was still early morning when the Lord Jesus was brought to the judgment hall of Pilate, the Roman govern...
The Crucifixion. 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cy...
See Poole on " Luke 23:27 "
The Crucifixion of Jesus (23:26-33). The moment that this last part of the Gospel has been building up to has now come. Jesus had spoken of His tr...
“Then will they begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us', and to the hills, ‘Cover us'. For if they do these things in the green tree, what will b...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 23:26 . Simon, a Cyrenian .—Rather, “of Cyrene” (R.V.). There was a colony of Jews in Cyrene, and they had a synagogue in Je...
Luke 23:28-31 Lessons of the Passion. We have in this passage two lessons before us. I. The first is the right and wrong view of Christ's Passio...
Luke 23:1-2 , And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him saying, We found this Put in what...
Our Lord's last days gave tragic proof of the hate and cruel mockery of his foes; yet how marvelously he endured! Luke 23:18-19 . And they cried o...
Now, Luke supplies some particulars which Mark has left out. Turn, therefore, to the 23 rd chapter of Luke and the 26 th verse. Luke, also, tells u...
Luke 23:27 . And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. Their best Friend, the Healer...
Luke 23:27-31 . And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them s...
Luke 23:12 . The same day Pilate and Herod were made friends. This occurrence is quoted in Acts 4:27 , as an accomplishment of the prophecy in th...
Daughters of Jerusalem The daughters of Jerusalem I. WHY DID THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM WEEP? 1. He was innocent. All they had heard about H...
EXPOSITION Luke 23:1-42 The trial before Pilate : First examination. Luke 23:1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led hi...
The Crucifixion, Death, and Burial of Christ. The sympathy of the women:
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
The Suffering Christ Luke 23:11-38 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Christ came down to this earth; He who was holy, who knew no sin, suffered all the...
Hosea 10:8 .
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.