Luke 23:28

But Yeshua [Salvation], turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem [City of peace], don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for 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 great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.

29For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, + 23:29. Quoted from Is 54:1 the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

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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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