Luke 23:27

There was a great crowd of people following him, many being women who were beating their breasts and wailing for 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

26And, as they were leading Jesus away, they laid hold of Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on his shoulders, for him to carry it behind Jesus.

28So Jesus turned and said to them, “Women of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

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Cross References

Mark 15:40There were some women also watching from a distance, among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joseph, and Salome –

Luke 8:52And everyone was weeping and mourning for her. “Do not weep,” Jesus said, “she is not dead; she is asleep.”

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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