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NASB | Luke 23:31 "For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 23:31 "For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?" |
Bible Question:
Could you please explain to me this? Then they will begin to say to the mountains" Fall on us":to the hills. "Cover us?". For if men use the green wood like this, what will happen when it is dry? |
Bible Answer: A green tree is one that still has life in it, whereas a dry tree is dead and ready to be cut down and thrown into the fire. So, basically, what Jesus is saying is this: If that generation could do such evil in the presence of their messiah how much worse would they do when he and his apostles were gone? The "dry tree" was most likely fulfilled in the atrocities committed inside Jerusalem during the 3 year seige leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD by the Romans. Peace in Christ, Machaira |
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