Luke 23:27

And a great multitude of people followed Him, and of women who were both weeping and bewailing Him.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 when they were leading Him away, taking a certain Simon, a Cyrenean, coming from the country, they placed the cross on him, to carry it after Jesus.

28And Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and your children.

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Cross References

Mark 15:40And there were women looking on from a distance: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and Joses, and Salome;

Luke 8:52And they were all weeping, and wailing over her: and He said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

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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