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Luke 23

Luke 23:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
m if
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
they do
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
these things
tauta (Greek #5023)
these things
KJV usage: + afterward, follow, + hereafter, X him, the same, so, such, that, then, these, they, this, those, thus.
Pronounce: tow'-tah
Origin: nominative or accusative case neuter plural of 3778
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
a green
hugros (Greek #5200)
wet (as if with rain), i.e. (by implication) sappy (fresh)
KJV usage: green.
Pronounce: hoo-gros'
Origin: from the base of 5205
tree
xulon (Greek #3586)
timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance
KJV usage: staff, stocks, tree, wood.
Pronounce: xoo'-lon
Origin: from another form of the base of 3582
, what
tis (Greek #5101)
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
KJV usage: every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
Pronounce: tis
Origin: probably emphatic of 5100
shall be done
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the dry
xeros (Greek #3584)
arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)
KJV usage: dry land, withered.
Pronounce: xay-ros'
Origin: from the base of 3582 (through the idea of scorching)
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Prov. 11:31• 31Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner. (Prov. 11:31)
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Jer. 25:29• 29For behold, I begin to bring evil on the city that is called by my name, and should ye be altogether unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Jer. 25:29)
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Ezek. 20:47• 47and say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flashing flame shall not be quenched; and all that it meets from the south to the north shall be burned thereby. (Ezek. 20:47)
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Ezek. 21:4• 4Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north; (Ezek. 21:4)
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1 Peter 4:17• 17For the time of having the judgment begin from the house of God is come; but if first from us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the glad tidings of God? (1 Peter 4:17)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 11:31• 31Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner. (Prov. 11:31)
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Jer. 25:29• 29For behold, I begin to bring evil on the city that is called by my name, and should ye be altogether unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Jer. 25:29)
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Ezek. 15:2‑7• 2Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, the vine-branch, which is among the trees of the forest?
 3Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
 4Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel: the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for any work?
 5Behold, when it was whole, it was used for no work; how much less when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burned, should it yet be used for any work?
 6Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
 7And I will set my face against them: they shall go forth from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah when I set my face against them. (Ezek. 15:2‑7)
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Ezek. 20:47‑48• 47and say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flashing flame shall not be quenched; and all that it meets from the south to the north shall be burned thereby.
 48And all flesh shall see that I Jehovah have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. (Ezek. 20:47‑48)
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Ezek. 21:3‑4• 3and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
 4Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north; (Ezek. 21:3‑4)
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Dan. 9:26• 26And after the sixty-two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with an overflow, and unto the end, war,--the desolations determined. (Dan. 9:26)
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Matt. 3:12• 12whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. (Matt. 3:12)
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John 15:6• 6Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (John 15:6)
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Heb. 6:8• 8but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end is to be burned. (Heb. 6:8)
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1 Peter 4:17‑18• 17For the time of having the judgment begin from the house of God is come; but if first from us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the glad tidings of God?
 18And if the righteous is difficultly saved, where shall the impious and the sinner appear? (1 Peter 4:17‑18)
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Jude 12• 12These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by the winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up; (Jude 12)
• For if in Him, the true green tree, these things were done, what would become of the dry tree of Judaism without God? (“Luke 23” by J.N. Darby)
• Jesus was the green tree; and if Jesus was so treated, what should be their fate, as set forth fully by that dry tree, which was Israel? Undoubtedly Israel ought to have been the green tree of promise; but it was only a dry tree waiting for judgment. But Jesus, the green tree (where there was all the vigor of holy ways and obedience), was far from honor, and now on His way to the cross. (“Luke 23” by W. Kelly)
• Jesus Himself was the “green tree,” according to Psa. 1, and perhaps He was alluding to the parable of Ezek. 20:45-49. In that scripture God predicts a flame upon every green tree and every dry tree. Judgment fell upon the “green tree” when Christ suffered for our sakes. When the fire breaks out in the dry tree of apostate Jews, it will not be quenched. (“Luke 23” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for if these things are donea in the green tree, what shall take place in the dry?

JND Translation Notes

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See Note, ch. 6.38.

W. Kelly Translation

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For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall take place in the dry?