17 And he said to them, What words these which, walking about, ye discuss with one another, and are of gloomy aspect?
Luke 24:17 Cross References - JuliaSmith
Ezekiel 9:4-6
4 And Jehovah will say to him, Pass through into the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and mark a mark upon the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning for all the abominations being done in her midst
5 And to these he said in mine ears, Pass through into the city after him, and strike: your eye shall not spare, and ye shall not pity.
6 The old man, the young man, and the virgin, and little ones, and women, ye shall slay to destruction: and every man which upon him the mark, ye shall not touch; and ye shall begin from my holy place. And they will begin upon the old men which are before the house
John 16:6
6 But because I have spoken these to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
John 16:20-22
20 Truly, truly, I say to you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be grieved, but your grief shall be into joy.
21 A woman when she should bring forth, has grief, because her hour has come: and when the child should be born, she no more remembers the anguish, for the joy that a man was born into the world.
22 And where truly ye now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes away from you.