Luke 23:31
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For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in the dry?

Proverbs 11:31 He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof, is foolish.

Jeremiah 25:29 For behold I begin to bring evil on the city wherein my name is called upon: and shall you be as innocent and escape free? you shall not escape free: for I will call for the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.

Ezekiel 15:2-7 Son of man, what shall be made of the wood of the vine, out of all the trees of the woods that are among the trees of the forests? . . .

Ezekiel 20:47,48 And say to the south forest: Hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will kindle a fire in thee, and will burn in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame of the fire shall not be quenched: and every face shall be burned in it, from the south even to the north. . . .

Ezekiel 21:3,4 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off in thee the just, and the wicked. . . .

Daniel 9:26 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people, with their leader, that shall come, shall destroy the city, and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation.

Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

John 15:6 If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch and shall wither: and they shall gather him up and cast him into the fire: and he burneth.

Hebrews 6:8 But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers is reprobate and very near unto a curse: whose end is to be burnt.

1 Peter 4:17,18 For the time is, that judgment should begin at the house of God. And if at first at us, what shall be the end of them that believe not the gospel of God? . . .

Jude 1:12 These are spots in their banquets, feasting together without fear, feeding themselves: clouds without water, which are carried about by winds: trees of the autumn, unfruitful, twice dead, plucked up by the roots:

Context
The Crucifixion
30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us. And to the hills: Cover us. 31For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in the dry? 32And there were also two other malefactors led with him to be put to death.…
Cross References
Luke 23:30
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us. And to the hills: Cover us.

Luke 23:32
And there were also two other malefactors led with him to be put to death.

1 Peter 4:18
And if the just man shall scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

Lexicon
For
Ὅτι (Hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

[men] do
ποιοῦσιν (poiousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

these things
ταῦτα (tauta)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

[while]
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

tree
ξύλῳ (xylō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3586: From another form of the base of xestes; timber; by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance.

[is] green,
ὑγρῷ (hygrō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5200: Moist, green, full of sap. From the base of huetos; wet, i.e. sappy.

what
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

will happen
γένηται (genētai)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

[when]
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[it is]
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

dry?”
ξηρῷ (xērō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3584: Dry, withered; noun: dry land. From the base of xestes; arid; by implication, shrunken, earth.


Additional Translations
For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

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

For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

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

For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

For if they do these things in a green tree, what will be done in the dry?

For if they are doing these things in the case of the green tree, what will be done in that of the dry?"

For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?"

for, if in the green tree they do these things -- in the dry what may happen?'
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