23:27-31 What is Jesus prophesying here?
23:27-31 What is Jesus prophesying here?
Jesus is prophesying here the terrible sufferings that will befall these women when Jerusalem is overthrown, which history records happened in 70AD. Jesus referred to Himself as the green tree and the Jewish nation as the dry tree.
The implication being that if His suffering is so great, how much worse will their's be? V30 forms part of this prophecy also.
It does not refer to Rev 6:12-17 as so many think. That scripture refers to the Great Tribulation - this to the fall of Jerusalem (cp Rev 6:12-17).