New King James Version
Luke 23:27
27And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him.
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 Living Translation (NLT)A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women.
Context of Luke 23:27
25And he released to them the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will. 26Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus. And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him. 28But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’
Read all of Luke 23Luke 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 23:55And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid.
- Luke 8:2and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons,
- Matthew 27:55And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar,
- Mark 15:40There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less 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
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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
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