Luke 23:28

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

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But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

In Context

27A large crowd followed him, along with women who were mourning and lamenting him.

29For the time is coming when they'll say, ‘Happy are those who are childless, and those who never had babies, and those who never nursed them.’

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 1:5I'm black, but I'm beautiful, women of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 3:5Women of Jerusalem, swear to me by the gazelles or the wild deer that you won't disturb our love until the right time.

Song of Solomon 5:8Women of Jerusalem, promise me if you find my love and wonder what you should tell him, tell him I am weak with love.

Song of Solomon 8:4Women of Jerusalem, swear to me that you won't disturb our love until the right time.

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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