Luk 23:29 | RWP | e4.org | Blessed ( μακαρια ). A beatitude to the barren, the opposite of the hopes of Jewish mothers. Childless women are commiserated ( , ). To the hills ( τοις βουνοις ). A Cyrenaic word. In the N.T. only here and . Quotation from .

‏ Luke 23:29

Blessed ( μακαρια ). A beatitude to the barren, the opposite of the hopes of Jewish mothers. Childless women are commiserated (1:25, 36).

To the hills ( τοις βουνοις ). A Cyrenaic word. In the N.T. only here and 3:5. Quotation from Ho 10:8.