Matthew
Matthew 24:19ESV·traditional attribution
And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
John Gill Reformed Baptist
These words express pity, not punishment. Pregnant women and nursing mothers faced ruin not because childbearing was sinful, but because their weakness and heavy burdens would slow their flight from the siege; they could neither abandon their infants nor carry them swiftly enough to escape.
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William Burkitt Anglican
Christ warns of doubled misery: not only must they flee the siege, but if forced to run in winter or on the sabbath, their spiritual rest is torn away. To lose both sanctuary and safety at once strikes at the soul of a believing heart.
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