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Since this is mentioned in all 3 of the Olivet Discourse chapters, I thought I would start a discussion thread on it.
For now I am going to put up the verses that use the greek word G2337, which is in only 6 verses, and those in Matt, Mar and Luk of the Gospels.
2337. thelazo from thele (the nipple);
to suckle, (by implication) to suck:--(give) suck(-ling).
G2337 θηλάζω (thēlazō), occurs 6 times in 6 verses
Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke's Temple/Jerusalem Discourses harmonized
Matt 24:19 "woe to those pregnant and nursing"
Matthew 24:19
Woe yet to those in womb having,
and to those suckling in those the days;
Mark 13:17
Woe yet to those in womb having,
and to those suckling in those the days;
Luke 21:23
Woe yet to those in womb having,
and to those suckling in those the days;
for there shall be great distress on the land and wrath on this people
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The other 3 verses used"
Mat 21:16
and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,
‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have perfected praise’?”
Luk 11:27
And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him,
“Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”
Luk 23:29
“For indeed the days are coming in which they will say,
‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’
https://www.preteristarchive.com/JewishWars/timeline_military.html
"..probably the greatest single slaughter in ancient history."
ROMAN SIEGE AND SACK OF JERUSALEM
The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD
The day on which Titus encompassed Jerusalem, was the feast of the Passover;.............
Meanwhile the horrors of famine grew still more melancholy and afflictive.
The Jews, for of food were at length compelled to eat their belts, their sandals, the skins of their shields, dried grass, and even the ordure of oxen.
In the depth or this horrible extremity, a Jewess of noble family urged by the intolerable cravings of hunger, slew her infant child, and prepared it for a meal ; and had actually eaten one half thereof, when the soldiers, allured by tile smell of food, threatened her with instant death if she refused to discover it......
Indeed, humanity at once shudders and sickens at the narration, nor can any one of the least sensibility reflect upon the pitiable condition to which the female part of the inhabitants of Jerusalem must at this time have been reduced, without experiencing the tenderest emotions of sympathy, or refrain from tears while he reads our SAVIOUR'S pathetic address to the women who " bewailed him" as he was led to Calvary, wherein he evidently refers to these very calamities :
"Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves and fur your children ; for, behold, the days are coming in which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck." Luke xxiii. 29.
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For now I am going to put up the verses that use the greek word G2337, which is in only 6 verses, and those in Matt, Mar and Luk of the Gospels.
2337. thelazo from thele (the nipple);
to suckle, (by implication) to suck:--(give) suck(-ling).
G2337 θηλάζω (thēlazō), occurs 6 times in 6 verses
Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke's Temple/Jerusalem Discourses harmonized
Matt 24:19 "woe to those pregnant and nursing"
Matthew 24:19
Woe yet to those in womb having,
and to those suckling in those the days;
Mark 13:17
Woe yet to those in womb having,
and to those suckling in those the days;
Luke 21:23
Woe yet to those in womb having,
and to those suckling in those the days;
for there shall be great distress on the land and wrath on this people
==========================
The other 3 verses used"
Mat 21:16
and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,
‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have perfected praise’?”
Luk 11:27
And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him,
“Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”
Luk 23:29
“For indeed the days are coming in which they will say,
‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’
https://www.preteristarchive.com/JewishWars/timeline_military.html
"..probably the greatest single slaughter in ancient history."
ROMAN SIEGE AND SACK OF JERUSALEM
The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD
The day on which Titus encompassed Jerusalem, was the feast of the Passover;.............
Meanwhile the horrors of famine grew still more melancholy and afflictive.
The Jews, for of food were at length compelled to eat their belts, their sandals, the skins of their shields, dried grass, and even the ordure of oxen.
In the depth or this horrible extremity, a Jewess of noble family urged by the intolerable cravings of hunger, slew her infant child, and prepared it for a meal ; and had actually eaten one half thereof, when the soldiers, allured by tile smell of food, threatened her with instant death if she refused to discover it......
Indeed, humanity at once shudders and sickens at the narration, nor can any one of the least sensibility reflect upon the pitiable condition to which the female part of the inhabitants of Jerusalem must at this time have been reduced, without experiencing the tenderest emotions of sympathy, or refrain from tears while he reads our SAVIOUR'S pathetic address to the women who " bewailed him" as he was led to Calvary, wherein he evidently refers to these very calamities :
"Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves and fur your children ; for, behold, the days are coming in which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck." Luke xxiii. 29.
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