Luke 23:27

A large crowd followed him, along with women who were mourning and lamenting him.

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In The King James Version

And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

In Context

26As the soldiers led him away, they seized a man called Simon of Cyrene, who had come in from the countryside. They put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.

28Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me. Weep for yourselves and your children.

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Cross References

Mark 15:40Some women were watching from a distance including Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome.

Luke 8:52All the people there were crying and mourning for her. “Don't cry,” Jesus told them. “She's not dead, she's just sleeping.”

Matthew Henry on Luke 23:27-32

The Crucifixion. 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. 27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs… Read the whole commentary →

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