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30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us’; and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 31 For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”[a]

32 Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.

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Footnotes

  1. 23.31 One does not burn green wood. The meaning is, that, if an innocent man is thus punished, what must the guilty (dry wood) expect?

30 Then

“‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
    and to the hills, “Cover us!”’[a](A)

31 For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”(B)

32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:30 Hosea 10:8