Luke 23:28

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not 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 crowd of the people, and of women who grieved and mourned for him, were following him.

29For see, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that did not bear, and the breasts that did not nurse.'

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 1:5I am dark but lovely, 1 you daughters of Jerusalem— 1 dark like the tents of Kedar, 1 lovely like the curtains of Solomon. 1

Song of Solomon 3:5I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem, 1 by the gazelles and the does of the fields, 1 that you will not awaken or arouse love 1 until she pleases. The woman speaking to herself 1

Song of Solomon 5:8I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem, 1 that if you find my beloved— 1 What will you make known to him?— 1 that I am sick from love. The women of the city speaking to the woman 1

Song of Solomon 8:4I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem, 1 that you will not interrupt our lovemaking 1 until it is over. The women of Jerusalem speaking 1

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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