Luke 23 · Verse 28

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 23:28, King James Version

Luke 23:28 in other translations

BSB	But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
WEB	But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
ASV	But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
YLT	and Jesus having turned unto them, said, ‘Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;
DARBY	And Jesus turning round to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over me, but weep over yourselves and over your children;
BBE	But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children.
Webster	But Jesus turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

What does Luke 23:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 23:27-31

27-31. women--not the precious Galilean women (Lu 23:49), but part of the crowd.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 28. Daughters of Jerusalem. Women of Jerusalem. This was a common mode of speaking among the Hebrews.

Weep for yourselves, &c. This refers to the calamities that were about to come upon them in the desolation of their city by the Romans.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 28 Weep not for me - Many pious persons have been greatly distressed in their minds, because they could not weep on reading or hearing of the sufferings of Christ. For the relief of all such, let it be for ever known that no human spirit can possibly take any part in the passion of the Messiah. His sufferings were such as only God manifested in the flesh could bear; and, as they were all of an expiatory nature, no man can taste of or share in them. Besides, the sufferings of Christ are not a subject of sorrow to any man; but, on the contrary, of eternal rejoicing to the whole of a lost world. Some have even prayed to participate in the sufferings of Christ. The legend of St. Francis and his stigmata is well known. - He is fabled to have received the marks in his hands, feet, and side. Relative to this point, there are many unwarrantable expressions used by religious people in their prayers and hymns. To give only one instance, how often do we hear these or similar words said or sung: - "Give me to feel thy agonies! One drop of thy sad cup afford!" Reader! one drop of this cup would bear down thy soul to endless ruin; and these agonies would annihilate the universe. He suffered alone: for of the people there was none with him; because his sufferings were to make an atonement for the sins of the world: and in the work of redemption he had no helper.

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…

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Luke 23:28 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

στραφεὶςstrapheisHaving turnedG4762

δὲdethenG1161

πρὸςprostoG4314

αὐτὰςautasthemG846

ὁho<the>G3588

ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424

εἶπεν·eipensaid;G2036

θυγατέρεςthugateresDaughtersG2364

Ἰερουσαλήμ,Ierousalēmof Jerusalem,G2419

μὴmēnotG3361

κλαίετεklaietedo weepG2799

ἐπ᾽ep᾽forG1909

ἐμέ,emeMe myself,G1473

πλὴνplēnbutG4133

ἐφ᾽eph᾽forG1909

ἑαυτὰςhe'autasyourselvesG1438

κλαίετεklaietedo weepG2799

καὶkaiandG2532

ἐπὶepiforG1909

τὰtatheG3588

τέκναteknachildrenG5043

ὑμῶν.humōnof you.G4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 23:28

Song of Solomon 8:4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Song of Solomon 2:7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Song of Solomon 1:5
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Song of Solomon 3:10
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 5:8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Song of Solomon 3:5
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Song of Solomon 5:16
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

daughters.
So 1:5; 2:7; 3:5,10; 5:8,16; 8:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

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 23:29
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

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Luke 23:28 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Mas Jesús, vuelto á ellas, les dice: Hijas de Jerusalem, no me lloréis á mí, mas llorad por vosotras mismas, y por vuestros hijos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Mais Jésus, se tournant vers elles, dit: Filles de Jérusalem, ne pleurez pas sur moi; mais pleurez sur vous-mêmes et sur vos enfants;
German Elberfelder 1871	Jesus wandte sich aber zu ihnen und sprach: Töchter Jerusalems, weinet nicht über mich, sondern weinet über euch selbst und über eure Kinder;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Conversus autem ad illas Jesus, dixit: Filiæ Jerusalem, nolite flere super me, sed super vos ipsas flete et super filios vestros.