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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/luke/23.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/luke/23.htm">New International Version</a> For the time will come when you will say, &#8216Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!&#8217 <a href="/nlt/luke/23.htm">New Living Translation</a> For the days are coming when they will say, ‘Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’ <a href="/esv/luke/23.htm">English Standard Version</a> For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ <a href="/bsb/luke/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’ <a href="/blb/luke/23.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never did bear, and breasts that never nursed.' <a href="/kjv/luke/23.htm">King James Bible</a> For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. <a href="/nkjv/luke/23.htm">New King James Version</a> For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’ <a href="/nasb_/luke/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For behold, days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are those who cannot bear, and the wombs that have not given birth, and the breasts that have not nursed.’ <a href="/nasb/luke/23.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For behold, the days are coming when they will say, &#8216Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/luke/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ <a href="/lsb/luke/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ <a href="/amp/luke/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For 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.’ <a href="/csb/luke/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the women without children, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed! ’ <a href="/hcsb/luke/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Look, the days are coming when they will say, The women without children, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed, are fortunate!&#8217 <a href="/asv/luke/23.htm">American Standard Version</a> For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck. <a href="/cev/luke/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Someday people will say, "Women who never had children are really fortunate!" <a href="/erv/luke/23.htm">English Revised Version</a> For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck. <a href="/gwt/luke/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The time is coming when people will say, 'Blessed are the women who couldn't get pregnant, who couldn't give birth, and who couldn't nurse a child.' <a href="/gnt/luke/23.htm">Good News Translation</a> 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!' <a href="/isv/luke/23.htm">International Standard Version</a> because the time is surely coming when people will say, 'How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' <a href="/msb/luke/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Look, the days are coming when people will say, ?Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!? <a href="/net/luke/23.htm">NET Bible</a> For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!' <a href="/nheb/luke/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For look, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.' <a href="/wbt/luke/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nourished infants. <a href="/wey/luke/23.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For a time is coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the women who never bore children, and the breasts which have never given nourishment.' <a href="/web/luke/23.htm">World English Bible</a> For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for behold, days come in which they will say, Blessed the barren, and wombs that did not bear, and breasts that did not give suck; <a href="/blb/luke/23.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never did bear, and breasts that never nursed.' <a href="/ylt/luke/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck; <a href="/slt/luke/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For, behold, the days are coming in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and the wombs which never brought forth, and the breasts which gave not suck.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For behold, the days shall come, wherein they will say: Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the paps that have not given suck. <a href="/cpdv/luke/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For behold, the days will arrive in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have not nursed.’ <a href="/nabre/luke/23.htm">New American Bible</a> for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’ <a href="/nrsvce/luke/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For the days are surely coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For behold, the days are coming, in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never gave birth, and the breasts that never gave suck. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/23.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For the days are coming in which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that that have not borne, and the breasts that did not nurse.'<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/23.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For, behold, the days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave suck. <a href="/godbey/luke/23.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>Because behold, the days are coming, in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that did not bring forth, and the breasts that did not nurse.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/luke/23.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For, behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs which have not borne, and the breasts which never suckled. <a href="/mace/luke/23.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for now the time is coming, when it will be said, happy are the barren, and they who never bare, happy the breast, that never gave suck. <a href="/wey/luke/23.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For a time is coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the women who never bore children, and the breasts which have never given nourishment.' <a href="/worrell/luke/23.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>for, behold, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Happy the barren, and the wombs which bore not, and breasts that gave not suck.'<Fr> <a href="/worsley/luke/23.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>For behold the days are coming in which they shall say, happy <Fr>are<FR> the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/luke/23-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=9251" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/23.htm">The Crucifixion</a> …28But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29<a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because."></a> <a href="/greek/2400.htm" title="2400: idou (V-AMA-2S) -- See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!">Look,</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmerai (N-NFP) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">the days</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: erchontai (V-PIM/P-3P) -- To come, go. ">are coming</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hais (RelPro-DFP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">when</a> <a href="/greek/2046.htm" title="2046: erousin (V-FIA-3P) -- Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say.">people will say,</a> <a href="/greek/3107.htm" title="3107: Makariai (Adj-NFP) -- Happy, blessed, to be envied. A prolonged form of the poetical makar; supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off.">‘Blessed are</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hai (Art-NFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4723.htm" title="4723: steirai (Adj-NFP) -- Barren. A contraction from stereos; sterile.">barren women,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hai (Art-NFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2836.htm" title="2836: koiliai (N-NFP) -- From koilos; a cavity, i.e. the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart.">wombs</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hai (RelPro-NFP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">that</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">never</a> <a href="/greek/1080.htm" title="1080: egennēsan (V-AIA-3P) -- From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.">bore,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3149.htm" title="3149: mastoi (N-NMP) -- The breast, pap. From the base of massaomai; a breast.">breasts</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hoi (RelPro-NMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">that</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">never</a> <a href="/greek/5142.htm" title="5142: ethrepsan (V-AIA-3P) -- A primary verb; properly, to stiffen, i.e. Fatten (with food, etc.), pamper, rear).">nursed!’</a> 30At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a> How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! <a href="/mark/13-17.htm">Mark 13:17</a> How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! <a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Hosea 10:8</a> The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!” <a href="/revelation/6-16.htm">Revelation 6:16</a> And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. <a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Isaiah 2:19</a> Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. <a href="/jeremiah/16-1.htm">Jeremiah 16:1-4</a> Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.” / For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land: ... <a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm">Lamentations 4:10</a> The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. <a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16-18</a> The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity. / Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water. / They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a> While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. <a href="/matthew/21-44.htm">Matthew 21:44</a> He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.” <a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Isaiah 13:16</a> Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53-57</a> Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you. / The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived, / refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates. ... <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10-12</a> Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son. / On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. / The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, <a href="/matthew/27-25.htm">Matthew 27:25</a> All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” <a href="/2_kings/6-28.htm">2 Kings 6:28-29</a> Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ / So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never gave suck.the days.<a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23,24</a> But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people… <a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a> And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!<a href="/mark/13-17.htm">Mark 13:17-19</a> But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! … Blessed.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53-57</a> And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: … <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Hosea 9:12-16</a> Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! … <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a> Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/11-27.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/luke/1-36.htm">Barren</a> <a href="/luke/19-12.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/luke/19-38.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/luke/21-26.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/luke/11-27.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/luke/11-46.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/luke/23-27.htm">Breasts</a> <a href="/luke/23-28.htm">Children</a> <a href="/luke/14-15.htm">Happy</a> <a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/luke/11-27.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/luke/11-27.htm">Nourished</a> <a href="/luke/12-23.htm">Nourishment</a> <a href="/luke/11-27.htm">Nursed</a> <a href="/luke/11-27.htm">Paps</a> <a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Suck</a> <a href="/luke/23-22.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hosea/9-14.htm">Wombs</a> <a href="/luke/23-27.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/1-15.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-14.htm">Barren</a> <a href="/john/1-13.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/luke/24-30.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/john/5-3.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/john/1-15.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/luke/24-51.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/luke/23-48.htm">Breasts</a> <a href="/john/1-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/john/5-35.htm">Happy</a> <a href="/acts/7-19.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-2.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/acts/7-20.htm">Nourished</a> <a href="/acts/9-19.htm">Nourishment</a> <a href="/acts/13-18.htm">Nursed</a> <a href="/revelation/1-13.htm">Paps</a> <a href="/genesis/21-7.htm">Suck</a> <a href="/luke/24-18.htm">Time</a> <a href="/genesis/20-18.htm">Wombs</a> <a href="/luke/23-49.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 23</div>1. <a href="/luke/23-1.htm">Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent to Herod.</a> 8. <a href="/luke/23-8.htm">Herod mocks him.</a> 12. <a href="/luke/23-12.htm">Herod and Pilate become friends.</a> 13. <a href="/luke/23-13.htm">Barabbas is desired of the people, </a> 24. <a href="/luke/23-24.htm">and is released by Pilate, and Jesus is given to be crucified.</a> 26. <a href="/luke/23-26.htm">He tells the women, that lament him, the destruction of Jerusalem;</a> 34. <a href="/luke/23-34.htm">prays for his enemies.</a> 39. <a href="/luke/23-39.htm">Two criminals are crucified with him.</a> 46. <a href="/luke/23-46.htm">His death.</a> 50. <a href="/luke/23-50.htm">His burial.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Look, the days are coming This phrase indicates a prophetic statement, often used by Jesus to foretell future events. It echoes Old Testament prophetic language, such as in <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Jeremiah 7:32</a> and <a href="/amos/8-11.htm">Amos 8:11</a>, where impending judgment or significant change is announced. Jesus is warning of a future time of distress, likely referring to the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, a pivotal event in Jewish history.when people will say, This suggests a shift in societal values and perceptions. The phrase implies a future consensus or common sentiment among people, indicating a reversal of traditional blessings and curses. It reflects a time of such calamity that what was once considered a curse will be seen as a blessing.‘Blessed are the barren women, In Jewish culture, barrenness was often seen as a curse or a sign of disfavor from God, as seen in <a href="/genesis/30.htm">Genesis 30:1</a> and <a href="/1_samuel/1-5.htm">1 Samuel 1:5-6</a>. However, Jesus predicts a time when being barren will be considered a blessing, highlighting the severity of the coming tribulation. This reversal underscores the desperation and suffering that will make childlessness preferable.the wombs that never bore, This phrase reinforces the previous statement, emphasizing the blessing of not having children during the impending hardship. It reflects the intense suffering and loss that will make the responsibilities and vulnerabilities of parenthood a burden rather than a joy.and breasts that never nursed!’ Nursing is a natural extension of motherhood, symbolizing care and nurturing. In the context of this prophecy, the inability to nurse is seen as a blessing, further illustrating the dire circumstances where nurturing a child would be fraught with danger and sorrow. This imagery connects to the lamentations found in the Old Testament, such as <a href="/lamentations/4-3.htm">Lamentations 4:3-4</a>, where the suffering of children during sieges is poignantly described.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this prophecy, Jesus is on His way to be crucified. He is addressing the women who are mourning for Him. 2. <a href="/topical/w/women_of_jerusalem.htm">Women of Jerusalem</a> These women are lamenting and mourning for Jesus as He carries His cross to Golgotha. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city where these events are taking place, and which is central to Jesus' prophecy of coming judgment. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_coming_days.htm">The Coming Days</a> A prophetic reference to future times of distress and judgment, likely pointing to the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_crucifixion.htm">The Crucifixion</a> The event during which Jesus speaks these words, highlighting the gravity of the moment and the impending suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_prophetic_warnings.htm">Understanding Prophetic Warnings</a> Jesus' words serve as a prophetic warning about future judgment. Believers should heed such warnings and live in readiness for Christ's return. <a href="/topical/r/reversal_of_cultural_values.htm">Reversal of Cultural Values</a> In biblical times, barrenness was often seen as a curse. Jesus' statement reverses this, showing that earthly values can be upended in times of divine judgment. <a href="/topical/c/compassion_amidst_judgment.htm">Compassion Amidst Judgment</a> Even as Jesus speaks of coming distress, His compassion for the women of Jerusalem is evident. Believers are called to show compassion even when speaking hard truths. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_judgment.htm">The Reality of Judgment</a> Jesus' prophecy reminds us that divine judgment is real and should motivate us to live righteously and share the gospel with urgency. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_christ.htm">Hope in Christ</a> While Jesus speaks of distress, believers have hope in Christ, who provides salvation and peace amidst turmoil.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 23</a> <a href="/q/who_is_rebekah_in_the_bible.htm">Who is Rebekah in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_hannah_conceive_after_infertility.htm">How can Hannah's sudden pregnancy in 1 Samuel 1:5, 20 be explained given her long-term infertility?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_a_barren_woman_conceive_miraculously.htm">In Judges 13:2-3, how could a barren woman conceive after one angelic encounter without any natural explanation?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_faithful_remain_childless.htm">(Psalm 113:9) How can God's promise to make the 'barren woman' into a mother be taken literally in light of countless faithful individuals who remain childless despite prayers?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) Blessed are the barren.--We must enter into all the passionate desire of Israelite women for offspring, as we see it, e.g., in Rachel (<a href="/genesis/30-1.htm" title="And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.">Genesis 30:1</a>) and in Hannah (<a href="/context/1_samuel/1-10.htm" title="And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept sore.">1Samuel 1:10-11</a>), in order to estimate the strangeness of such a beatitude. With some of those who heard it, its force may have been emphasised by its contrast between it and the blessing which had been once uttered by a woman who may, perhaps, have been one of them (<a href="/luke/11-27.htm" title="And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said to him, Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which you have sucked.">Luke 11:27</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 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! <a href="/commentaries/luke/23-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Look, ἰδοὺ (idou) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2400.htm">Strong's 2400: </a> See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo! [the] days ἡμέραι (hēmerai) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. are coming ἔρχονται (erchontai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. when αἷς (hais) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. [people] will say, ἐροῦσιν (erousin) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2046.htm">Strong's 2046: </a> Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say. ‘Blessed [are] Μακάριαι (Makariai) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3107.htm">Strong's 3107: </a> Happy, blessed, to be envied. A prolonged form of the poetical makar; supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off. the αἱ (hai) Article - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. barren [women], στεῖραι (steirai) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4723.htm">Strong's 4723: </a> Barren. A contraction from stereos; 'sterile'. the αἱ (hai) Article - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. wombs κοιλίαι (koiliai) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2836.htm">Strong's 2836: </a> From koilos; a cavity, i.e. the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart. that αἳ (hai) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. never οὐκ (ouk) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. bore, ἐγέννησαν (egennēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1080.htm">Strong's 1080: </a> From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. breasts μαστοὶ (mastoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3149.htm">Strong's 3149: </a> The breast, pap. From the base of massaomai; a breast. that οἳ (hoi) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. never οὐκ (ouk) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. nursed.’ ἔθρεψαν (ethrepsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5142.htm">Strong's 5142: </a> A primary verb; properly, to stiffen, i.e. Fatten (with food, etc.), pamper, rear). <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/luke/23-29.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 23:29 For behold the days are coming (Luke Lu Lk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/luke/23-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 23:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 23:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/luke/23-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 23:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 23:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>