Λουκᾶν 23:30

Greek Modern Translation

Τοτε θελουσιν αρχισει να λεγωσιν εις τα ορη, Πεσετε εφ' ημας, και εις τα βουνα, Σκεπασατε ημας·

Parallel Translations

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
τότε ἄρξονται λέγειν τοῖς ὄρεσιν· Πέσετε ἐφ ἡμᾶς, καὶ τοῖς βουνοῖς· Καλύψατε ἡμᾶς·

Tischendorf 8th Edition
τότε ἄρξονται λέγειν τοῖς ὄρεσιν· πέσατε ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς, καὶ τοῖς βουνοῖς· καλύψατε ἡμᾶς·

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
τοτε αρξονται λεγειν τοις ορεσιν πεσετε εφ ημας και τοις βουνοις καλυψατε ημας

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
τοτε αρξονται λεγειν τοιρ ορεσιν πεσετε εφ ημαρ και τοιρ βουνοιρ καλυψατε ημαρ

Byzantine/Majority Text
τοτε αρξονται λεγειν τοις ορεσιν πεσετε εφ ημας και τοις βουνοις καλυψατε ημας

Bible Verse Review
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Isaiah 2:19, Hosea 10:8, Revelation 6:16, Revelation 9:6

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:18 - the fruit of thy body Isaiah 2:10 - Enter Isaiah 22:5 - crying Jeremiah 4:29 - they shall go Lamentations 2:22 - those Nahum 3:11 - thou shalt be hid Matthew 24:19 - General Hebrews 10:27 - a certain

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then shall they begin to say,.... The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "then shall ye begin to say"; the tribulation being so great, as never was the like since the creation of the world, nor never will be to the end of it; and being so sore pressed with the sword and famine; with the enemy without, and divisions, robberies, and murders within; and their miseries being inexpressible, and intolerable, they will seek to go into the holes of the rocks, and caves of the earth, as is prophesied of them, Isaiah 2:19 and as Josephus says, many of them did, when the city was taken; and, like those in Hosea 10:8 will say, "to the mountains fall on us, and to the hills cover us"; will choose rather that the mountains and hills round about Jerusalem, should fall upon them, and they be buried under the ruins of them, than live in such terrible distress, or fall into the hands of their enemies! Compare with this Revelation 6:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To the mountains, Fall on us ... - This is an image of great calamities and judgments. So great will be the calamities that they will seek for shelter from the storm, and will call on the hills to protect them. The same figure is used respecting the wicked in the day of judgment in Revelation 6:16-17. Compare also Isaiah 2:21.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 30. Mountains, fall on us — As this refers to the destruction of Jerusalem, and as the same expressions are used, Revelation 6:16, Dr. Lightfoot conjectures that the whole of that chapter may relate to the same event.