Genesis 19:14

19:14 Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters. ¹  He said, “Quick, get out of this place because the Lord is about to destroy ²  the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was ridiculing them. ³ 

Matthew 24:19

24:19 Woe ⁴  to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

Luke 21:23

21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress ⁵  on the earth and wrath against this people.

Luke 23:29

23:29 For this is certain: ⁶  The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’ ⁷ 

Luke 23:1

Jesus Brought Before Pilate

23:1 Then ⁸  the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus ⁹  before Pilate. ¹⁰ 

Colossians 1:26-27

1:26 that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints. 1:27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious ¹¹  riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

¹ sn The language has to be interpreted in the light of the context and the social customs. The men are called “sons-in-law” (literally “the takers of his daughters”), but the daughters had not yet had sex with a man. It is better to translate the phrase “who were going to marry his daughters.” Since formal marriage contracts were binding, the husbands-to-be could already be called sons-in-law.

² tn The Hebrew active participle expresses an imminent action.

³ tn Heb “and he was like one taunting in the eyes of his sons-in-law.” These men mistakenly thought Lot was ridiculing them and their lifestyle. Their response illustrates how morally insensitive they had become.

⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵ sn Great distress means that this is a period of great judgment.

⁶ tn Grk “For behold.”

⁷ tn Grk “Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have not nursed!”

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ sn Pilate was the Roman prefect (procurator) in charge of collecting taxes and keeping the peace. His immediate superior was the Roman governor (proconsul) of Syria, although the exact nature of this administrative relationship is unknown. Pilate’s relations with the Jews had been rocky (v. 12). Here he is especially sensitive to them.

¹¹ tn The genitive noun τῆς δόξης (ths doxhs) is an attributive genitive and has therefore been translated as “glorious riches.”