LUKE 23:27 Parallel Verse View

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ULT And a great crowd of the people was following him, and of women mourning and wailing for him.

UST Now a large crowd was walking behind Jesus. In the crowd were many women who were beating on their chests to show their grief and wailing sorrowfully for him.

BSB A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.

BLB And a great multitude of the people were following Him, and of women, who were mourning and lamenting for Him.

AICNT And a [great][fn] multitude of the people and women were following him, who were beating their breasts and mourning for him.

23:27, great: Absent from some manuscripts. Latin(b e ff²)

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

WEBBE A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.

LSV And a great multitude of the people were following Him, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting Him,

FBV A large crowd followed him, along with women who were mourning and lamenting him.

TCNT A great multitude of people followed along behind, including women who were mourning and lamenting for Jesus.

T4T A large crowd followed Jesus. The crowd included many women who were beating their breasts to show how sad they were, and wailing for him.

LEB And a great crowd of the people were following him, and of women who were mourning and lamenting him.

BBE And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.

Moff He was followed by a large multitude of the people and also of women who beat their breasts and lamented him;

Wymth A vast crowd of the people also followed Him, and of women who were beating their breasts and wailing for Him.

ASV And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.

DRA And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women, who bewailed and lamented him.

YLT And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,

Drby And a great multitude of the people, and of women who wailed and lamented him, followed him.

RV And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.

SLT And a great multitude of people followed him, and of women, and who were lamenting bitterly, and bewailing him.

Wbstr And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, who also bewailed and lamented him.

KJB-1769 ¶ And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

KJB-1611 ¶ And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed & lamented him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And there folowed hym a great companie of people, and of women, which bewayled and lamented hym.
(And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which bewayled and lamented him.)

Gnva And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women, which women bewailed and lamented him.

Cvdl And there folowed him a greate multitude of people and of wemen, which bewayled and lamented him.
(And there followed him a great multitude of people and of women, which bewayled and lamented him.)

TNT And ther folowed him a greate company of people and of wemen which weme bewayled and lamented him.
(And there followed him a great company of people and of women which women bewayled and lamented him. )

Wycl And there suede hym myche puple, and wymmen that weiliden, and bymorneden hym.
(And there followed him much people, and women that weiliden, and bymorneden him.)

Luth Es folgete ihm aber nach ein großer Haufe Volks und Weiber, die klageten und beweineten ihn.
(It followed him but after a large heap/pile(n) peoples and women, the complain/sueten and to_weep him/it.)

ClVg Sequebatur autem illum multa turba populi et mulierum, quæ plangebant et lamentabantur eum.[fn]
(Sequebatur however him fine crowd of_the_people and of_women, which plangebant and lamentabantur him. )

23.27 Sequebatur, etc. Sed non eadem mente crucem sequitur: Mali sequuntur ut morientem læti aspiciant. Mulieres, ut quem vivere desiderabant, moriturum, morientem, et mortuum plorarent. Nec ideo inducitur solus mulierum planctus, quando et multi viri dolerent, sed quia femineus sexus quasi contemptibilior, liberius poterat præsentibus principibus sacerdotum, quod contra eos senserit ostentare. Quia vero novit Dominus qui sunt ejus II Tim. 2., prætermissa furentis populi turba, ad amantes et plangentes se feminas oculos et ora convertit. Quæ plangebant. Tristabantur de vita mortali, quæ morte erat finienda, non de cæcis qui medicum occidebant.

23.27 Sequebatur, etc. But not/no the_same mind cross/frame follows: Mali they_follow as to_dieentem læti let_them_look. Womans, as which to_live desiderabant, he_diesum, to_dieentem, and dead plorarent. Neither therefore/for_that_reason is_introduced alone of_women planctus, when and many men dolerent, but because femineus six as_if contemptibilior, childrenus he_could present princes/leaders priests, that on_the_contrary them senserit ostentare. Because indeed/however he_knows Master who/which are his II Tim. 2., besidesmissa furentis of_the_people crowd, to amantes and plangentes himself women the_eyes and pray he_turned. Which plangebant. Tristabantur from/about life mortal, which death was finienda, not/no from/about blinds who/which doctor occidebant.

UGNT ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ γυναικῶν αἳ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν.
(aʸkolouthei de autōi polu plaʸthos tou laou, kai gunaikōn hai ekoptonto kai ethraʸnoun auton.)

SBL-GNT Ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ γυναικῶν ⸀αἳ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν.
(Aʸkolouthei de autōi polu plaʸthos tou laou kai gunaikōn ⸀hai ekoptonto kai ethraʸnoun auton.)

RP-GNT Ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ γυναικῶν αἳ καὶ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν.
(Aʸkolouthei de autōi polu plaʸthos tou laou, kai gunaikōn hai kai ekoptonto kai ethraʸnoun auton.)

TC-GNT Ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ γυναικῶν αἳ [fn]καὶ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν.
(Aʸkolouthei de autōi polu plaʸthos tou laou, kai gunaikōn hai kai ekoptonto kai ethraʸnoun auton. )

23:27 και ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 23:26–43: Soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross

In this section the Roman soldiers did what their commander Pontius Pilate had ordered them to do. They led Jesus outside the town to the place where they crucified criminals. There they nailed Jesus on a cross. They did the same to two other men, who were criminals. Then they made the three men hang there until they died. The Jewish leaders, the soldiers, and even one of the criminals mocked Jesus. But the other criminal believed in him.

Other examples of headings for this section are:

The Crucifixion (NIV)

Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross (CEV)

Roman soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 27:31–44, Mark 15:21–32, and John 19:17–27.

23:27a

A great number of people followed Him,

Many people walked along with Jesus.
A large crowd followed Jesus to the place where the soldiers would crucify him.

A great number of people followed Him: This clause indicates that many people went along with Jesus. It does not imply that they were following him as disciples. Many of them may have come to watch the crucifixion because of curiosity or because they wanted to mock Jesus. Some other ways to translate the clause are:

A large crowd followed Jesus. (GW)

And while they were taking Jesus, there were many people who went along.Western Bukidnon Manobo back translation on TW.

23:27b

including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.

Among them were women who were mourning and weeping for him.
There were also some women in the crowd. They mourned loudly because Jesus was going to die.

including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him: This part of the verse indicates that some women were also in the crowd walking with Jesus. These women were mourning and wailing because Jesus was going to be killed. Some other ways to translate it are:

among them were some women who were weeping and wailing for him (GNT)

including many grief-stricken women (NLT)

Some women were also following him. Those women cried and wept/wailed because of his coming death/execution.

kept mourning and wailing for Him: The word mourning sometimes refers to using a specific action to express sorrow for someone.This Greek word often refers to a person beating his own breast/chest to express his sorrow over another person’s death. When it is followed by an accusative form, as it is here, it means “to mourn” for that person. See koptomai, sense 2, BDAG, p. 559. Here it is used in a general way to mean “mourned for” Jesus. The word wailing refers to expressing sorrow through words, for example, in a song, exclamation, or other lament.Bock (p. 1844) says, “threneō refers to verbal mourning or dirge singing.” See also threneō, BDAG, p. 458. Some other ways to translate mourning and wailing for Him are:

Translate both words in a general way that includes different types of mourning. For example:
mourned and lamented for him (NJB)
Translate one or both of the words with a specific action that expresses mourning in your culture. For example:
weeping and wailing for him (GNT)
cried and sang funeral songs for him (GW)
Translate the phrase mourning and wailing as one action. For example:
mourning loudly/deeply for him (TRT)

Translate the phrase in a natural way in your language.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

ἠκολούθει & αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ γυναικῶν

˓was˒_following & ˱with˲_him (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἠκολούθει Δέ αὐτῷ πολύ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ καί γυναικῶν αἵ ἐκόπτοντο καί ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν)

The women were part of the large crowd. They were not in a separate crowd of their own. Alternate translation: [a great crowd of people, which included women, was following him]

Note 1 topic: writing-background

καὶ γυναικῶν αἳ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἠκολούθει Δέ αὐτῷ πολύ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ καί γυναικῶν αἵ ἐκόπτοντο καί ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν)

Luke provides this background information to help readers understand what happens next, when Jesus speaks to these women. It might be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [Now the crowd included women who were mourning and wailing for Jesus]

Note 2 topic: translate-symaction

ἐκόπτοντο

˓were˒_mourning

See the note to mourning at [8:52](../08/52.md), and see how you translated this word there. It could mean that the women were pounding on their chests as a sign of grief, as was customary in this culture, or it could mean more generally that they were expressing their sorrow over what was happening to Jesus. Alternate translation: [pounding on their chests]

ἠκολούθει & αὐτῷ

˓was˒_following & ˱with˲_him

Here, the word following is not figurative. It does not mean that these people were Jesus’ disciples. Alternate translation: [were walking along behind him]

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Jesus’ Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, and Burial

Matthew 26-27; Mark 14-15; Luke 22-23; John 13-19

On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.

Parallel LUKE 23:27

Section 23:26–43: Soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross

23:27a

23:27b

Jesus’ Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, and Burial