17 And he said unto them, What communications are these that ye have one with another, as ye walk, and are sad?
Luke 24:17 Cross References - JPS_ASV_Byz
Ezekiel 9:4-6
4 And the LORD said unto him: 'Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.'
5 And to the others He said in my hearing: 'Go ye through the city after him, and smite; let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
6 slay utterly the old man, the young man and the maiden, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.' Then they began at the elders that were before the house.
John 16:6
6 But because I have spoken these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
John 16:20-22
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.
22 And ye therefore now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.