Luke 23:27
“¶ And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed & lamented him.”
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Luke 23:27 Context
25And he released vnto them, him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired, but he deliuered Iesus to their will. 26And as they led him away, they laid hold vpon one Simon a Cyrenian, comming out of the countrey, and on him they laid the crosse, that hee might beare it after Iesus. 27¶ And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed & lamented him. 28But Iesus turning vnto them, said, Daughters of Hierusalem, weepe not for me, but weepe for your selues, and for your children. 29For beholde, the dayes are comming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that neuer bare, and the paps which neuer gaue sucke.
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Other Translations for Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
- King James Version
And following Him was a large crowd of the people, and of women who were mourning and lamenting Him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.
- Basic English Bible
And a great multitude of the people, and of women who wailed and lamented him, followed him.
- Darby Bible
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, who also bewailed and lamented him.
- Webster's Bible
A vast crowd of the people also followed Him, and of women who were beating their breasts and wailing for Him.
- Weymouth Bible
A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.
- World English Bible
And there suede hym myche puple, and wymmen that weiliden, and bymorneden hym.
- Wycliffe Bible
And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Luke 23:27
Lu 23:27 A great company of people, and of women. This shows that, although awed, Jesus had many sympathizers in Jerusalem.