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A Blessing Turned Curse
Commentators emphasize how radical Jesus's statement was. In Jewish culture, children were considered a supreme blessing from God. Jesus prophesies a time of such intense suffering that this fundamental blessing would be seen as a curse. Women would consider themselves 'blessed' to be barren to avoid the agony of watching their children suffer, highlighting the unparalleled severity of the coming judgment.
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AT Robertson
On Luke 23:29
Blessed (μακαρια). A beatitude to the barren, the opposite of the hopes of Jewish mothers. Childless women are commiserated (1:25,…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 23:29
19th Century
Bishop
Blessed are the barren.—We must enter into all the passionate desire of Israelite women for offspring, as we see it, …
Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 23:27–31
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 23:29
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 …
John Calvin
On Luke 23:29
16th Century
Theologian
For, lo, the days will come. He threatens that a calamity which is not usual, but fearful and unheard of, is near, in which God's vengeanc…
John Gill
On Luke 23:29
17th Century
Pastor
For behold the days are coming
The time is hastening on; yet a little while, a few years more, and such times of dis…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 23:26–31
17th Century
Minister
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…