Green and Dry Tree

Question:

Please explain Luke 23:31, “For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?”

Answer:

The green tree symbolizes our Lord, the ever-flourishing, fruitful tree, of which the righteous are the branches. The dry tree represents the wicked (Compare Ezekiel 20:47 with 21:3, 4). If the green tree, Christ, who was suffering on their behalf, should be thus treated, what would be the just judgment upon those who thus filled up their cup of iniquity?

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