Luke

Luke 23:30–31

³⁰At that time

‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”

and to the hills, “Cover us!”’^c

³¹For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
At that time	τότε	tote	Adverb	G5119 then
they will say	λέγειν	legein	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G3004 I say, speak
to the	τοῖς	tois	Article - Dative Neuter Plural	G3588 the
mountains	ὄρεσιν	oresin	Noun - Dative Neuter Plural	G3735 a mountain
Fall	Πέσετε	Pesete	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G4098 I fall, fall under
on	ἐφ’	eph’	Preposition	G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at
us	ἡμᾶς	hēmas	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
and	Καὶ	Kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
to the	τοῖς	tois	Article - Dative Masculine Plural	G3588 the
hills	βουνοῖς	bounois	Noun - Dative Masculine Plural	G1015 a hillock, hill
Cover	Καλύψατε	Kalypsate	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G2572 I veil, hide, conceal, envelop
us	ἡμᾶς	hēmas	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural	G1473 I

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	Ὅτι	Hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
if	εἰ	ei	Conjunction	G1487 if
do	ποιοῦσιν	poiousin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G4160 I do, make
these things	ταῦτα	tauta	Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G3778 this, he, she, it
the	τῷ	tō	Article - Dative Neuter Singular	G3588 the
tree	ξύλῳ	xylō	Noun - Dative Neuter Singular	G3586 a staff, cross, anything made of wood
green	ὑγρῷ	hygrō	Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular	G5200 moist, green, full of sap
what	τί	ti	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular	G5101 who, which, what
will happen	γένηται	genētai	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular	G1096 I come into being, am born
dry	ξηρῷ	xērō	Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular	G3584 dry, withered, dry land

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Luke 23:30 Revelation 6:16 · Hosea 10:8 · Isaiah 2:19 · Revelation 9:6

Luke 23:31 1 Peter 4:17–18 · John 15:6 · Proverbs 11:31 · Ezekiel 20:47–48 · Ezekiel 21:3–4 · Matthew 3:12 · Ezekiel 15:2–7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.