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 released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will. 26As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus. A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him. 28But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’

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 accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.
• Luke 8:2and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: Mary (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,
• Matthew 27:55Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance.
• Mark 15:40There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, 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