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The Crucifixion

Luke 23:31

In 9 translations

BSB
For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
KJV
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
WEB
For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”
ASV
For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
LSV
for if they do these things in the green tree, what may happen in the dry?”
YLT
for, if in the green tree they do these things — in the dry what may happen?'
DBY
for if these things are done in the green tree, what shall take place in the dry?
DRC
For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in the dry?
GNV
For if they doe these things to a greene tree, what shalbe done to the drie?

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τῷ (“the”); Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
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  • SBLGNT: τῷ. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read τῷ; Westcott and Hort (1881) omit this wording.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὅτι εἰ ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ ξύλῳ ταῦτα ποιοῦσιν, ἐν τῷ ξηρῷ τί γένηται;
RP2018
Ὅτι εἰ ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ ξύλῳ ταῦτα ποιοῦσιν, ἐν τῷ ξηρῷ τί γένηται;
TR-Boyd
Ὅτι εἰ ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ ξύλῳ ταῦτα ποιοῦσιν, ἐν τῷ ξηρῷ τί γένηται;
SCR1894
οτι ει εν τω υγρω ξυλω ταυτα ποιουσιν εν τω ξηρω τι γενηται

Who and where

◆ Holy Week◆ Bearing Cross to Golgotha

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  • The crucifixion and burial of Jesus Soldiers crucify Jesus at Golgotha; in Mark, he is mocked, darkness falls, he cries out with the opening of Psalm 22 and dies, and the templ…

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Peter 4:17–18For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God? And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will…
  • Proverbs 11:31If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
  • John 15:6If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
  • Ezekiel 20:47–48Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be…
  • Ezekiel 21:3–4and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. Because I will cut off both the righteous and the…
  • Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  • Ezekiel 15:2–7“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest? Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils? No, it is…
  • Jeremiah 25:29For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth,…
  • Hebrews 6:8But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
  • Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end…
  • Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being…

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