To the mountains, Fall on us, and so on. This is an image of great calamities and judgments. So great will be the calamities that they wil…

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains.—The imagery was natural in a limestone country such as Judea, subject to earthquakes. Commo…

And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughte…

Glossa Ordinaria: Having related the condemnation of Christ, Luke naturally goes on to speak of His crucifixion, as it is said…

As Jesus heads to Calvary, Luke records an incident that expresses Jesus’ concern for the fate of Jerusalem (cf. 19:41–44; 21:20–24). Jewish women …

Then shall they begin to say
The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "then shall you begin to say"; the tribul…

Here we have 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…