Luke 23:26-30

The Crucifixion

²⁶ _i And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. ²⁷ And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were _j mourning and lamenting for him. ²⁸ But turning to them Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹ For behold, _k the days are coming when they will say, _l 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' ³⁰ _m Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'

1. Cross References
   Matthew 27:32
   As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross.
   Mark 15:21
   And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
   John 19:17
   And he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
   
2. Cross References
   Luke 8:52
   And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, "Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.
   Matthew 11:17
   "'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'
   
3. Cross References
   Luke 17:22
   And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
   
4. Cross References
   Luke 21:23
   Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and wrath against this people.
   Matthew 24:19
   And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
   Mark 13:17
   And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
   
5. Cross References
   Hosea 10:8
   The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, "Cover us," and to the hills, "Fall on us.
   Revelation 6:16
   Calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
   Isaiah 2:19
   And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.