In the green tree (εν υγρω ξυλω). Green wood is hard to burn and so is used for the innocent.

In the dry (…

For if they do these things in a green tree. This seems to be a proverbial expression. A green tree is not easily set on fire; a …

If they do these things in a green tree.—The word for “tree” primarily meant “wood” or “timber,” the tree cut down. In later Greek…

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 …

With the statement, If they do these things in the green tree (Luke 23:31), Christ confirms what He had previously declared: t…

For if they do these things in a green tree

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…