Luke 23:27

Luke 23:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
• New International Version (NIV)A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him.

Context of Luke 23:27

25He freed Barabbas, who had been put in prison for rioting and murdering, because that’s what they wanted. But he let them do what they wanted to Jesus. 26As the soldiers led Jesus away, they grabbed a man named Simon, who was from the city of Cyrene. Simon was coming into Jerusalem. They laid the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. A large crowd followed Jesus. The women in the crowd cried and sang funeral songs for him. 28Jesus turned to them and said, “You women of Jerusalem, don’t cry for me! Rather, cry for yourselves and your children! 29The time is coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the women who couldn’t get pregnant, who couldn’t give birth, and who couldn’t nurse a child.’

Luke 23:27 word by word

Ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ γυναικῶν αἳ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• there followedἀκολουθέωakoloutheō · to followG190
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• a greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• companyπλῆθοςplēthos · multitudeG4128
• of peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• of womenγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• bewailedκόπτωkoptō · to cut/mournG2875
• lamentedθρηνέωthrēneō · to lamentG2354

Cross-references for Luke 23:27

• Luke 23:55The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed closely behind Joseph. They observed the tomb and how his body was laid in it.
• Luke 8:2Also, some women were with him. They had been cured from evil spirits and various illnesses. These women were Mary, also called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
• Matthew 27:55Many women were there watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee and had always supported him.
• Mark 15:40Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary from Magdala, Mary (the mother of young James and Joseph), and Salome.

Commentaries on Luke 23:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Bewailed and lamented him - , Beat their breasts. See on Matthew 11:17; (note).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-31Verses 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 fear of the miseries we…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3127-31. women--not the precious Galilean women (Lu 23:49), but part of the crowd.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 23:27

• Death
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Certainly
• Commend
• Condemnation
• Crucify
• Gorgeous
• Humiliation of Christ
• Paradise
• Superscription
• Bewail
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Luke 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings