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A woman, when she is in travail, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn`t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a child is born into the world.
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A Picture of Coming Joy
Jesus uses the universally understood experience of childbirth to illustrate a profound spiritual truth. Commentators explain that just as a mother's intense but temporary anguish is completely overshadowed by the joy of a new child, the disciples' deep sorrow over Jesus' death would be transformed into an overwhelming and lasting joy by His resurrection. This metaphor was common among Old Testament prophets to describe pain leading to deliverance.
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A woman (η γυνη). "The woman," any woman.
When she is in travail (οταν τικτη). Indefinite temporal clause,…
19th Century
Anglican
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow.—The Greek is more exactly, the woman . . . has pangs—that is, “the w…
Baptist
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 …
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The subsequent narrative develops the postresurrection period as a time in which the disciples’ fears are quelled, their doubts dispelled, and thei…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A woman when she is in travail has sorrow As was said she should have (Genesis 3:16). This is God's ordi…
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Presbyterian
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
