John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

And woe unto them that are with child,.... Not that it should be criminal for them to be with child, or a judgment on them; for it was always esteemed a blessing to be fruitful, and bear children: but this expresses the miserable circumstances such would be in, who, by reason of their heavy burdens, would not be able to make so speedy a flight...

William Burkitt Anglican @expositoryburkitt

Here our Saviour declares the doleful distress of those that could not flee from the siege of Jerusalem; as women big with child, and such as give suck, who by that means are like to lose their lives. And he farther adds, that it should increase the calamity, if their flight should happen to be in the winter, when none can fly either fast or...