A woman (η γυνη). "The woman," any woman.

When she is in travail (οταν τικτη). Indefinite temporal clause,…

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow.—The Greek is more exactly, the woman . . . has pangs—that is, “the w…

And ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but …

St. John Chrysostom: After relieving the disciples’ spirits with the promise of the Holy Spirit, our Lord again saddens them: …

The subsequent narrative develops the postresurrection period as a time in which the disciples’ fears are quelled, their doubts dispelled, and thei…

A woman, when she is in labor. He uses a comparison to confirm the statement which he had just made, or rather, he expresses his meaning m…

A woman when she is in travail has sorrow
As was said she should have (Genesis 3:16). This is God's ordi…

It is good to consider how near our seasons of grace are to an end, that we may be stirred to make the most of them. But the sorrows of the discipl…

Above, our Lord explained one reason for their consolation: his promise of the Holy Spirit. Here he gives the second, which is that they will see h…