Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
Luke 23:27 in other translations
| BSB | A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him. |
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| WEB | A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him. |
| ASV | And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him. |
| YLT | And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him, |
| DARBY | And a great multitude of the people, and of women who wailed and lamented him, followed him. |
| BBE | And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him. |
| Webster | And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, who also bewailed and lamented him. |
What does Luke 23:27 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 23:27-31
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 23:26-31
We have here the blessed Jesus, the Lamb of God, led as a lamb to the slaughter, to the sacrifice. Though many reproached and reviled him, yet some pitied him. But the death of Christ was his victory and triumph over his enemies: it was our deliverance, the purchase of eternal life for us. Therefore weep not for him, but let us weep for our own sins, and the sins of our children, which caused his death; and weep for…
Luke 23:27 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 23:27
- Luke 8:52
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
- Luke 8:2
And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
- Mark 15:40
There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
- Luke 23:55
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
- Matthew 27:55
And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
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Context
- Luke 23:26
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
- Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
- Luke 23:28
But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
Luke 23:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y le seguía una grande multitud de pueblo, y de mujeres, las cuales le lloraban y lamentaban. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et une grande multitude du peuple et de femmes qui se frappaient la poitrine et le pleuraient, le suivait. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es folgte ihm aber eine große Menge Volks und Weiber, welche wehklagten und ihn bejammerten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sequebatur autem illum multa turba populi et mulierum, quæ plangebant et lamentabantur eum. |