Luke 23:28 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 23:28

But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

KJV

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (444)

Women also are ever prone to tears, and have hearts easily disposed to pity. Signifying that in the time to come women would be bereft of their children. For when war breaks out upon the land of the Jews, all shall perish, both small and great. Hence it follows, For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, &c.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

FESTAL LETTER 9 (373)

The Lord over death set out to abolish death. Being Lord, he accomplished his aim. We therefore have passed from death to life. The concept that the Jews and those who think like them held about the Lord was wrong. Things did not turn out at all according to their expectations, because the opposite was true. In fact, "he who sits in heaven shall laugh at them: the Lord shall have them in derision."That is the reason our Savior restrained the women from weeping when he was being led to death. He said, "Do not weep for me."

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Weep not for me - Many pious persons have been greatly distressed in their minds, because they could not weep on reading or hearing of the sufferings of Christ. For the relief of all such, let it be for ever known that no human spirit can possibly take any part in the passion of the Messiah. His sufferings were such as only God manifested in the flesh could bear; and, as they were all of an expiatory nature, no man can taste of or share in them.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
στραφεὶς	strapheis	Having turned	G4762 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτὰς	autas	them	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εἶπεν·	eipen	said;	G2036 →
θυγατέρες	thugateres	Daughters	G2364 →
Ἰερουσαλήμ,	Ierousalēm	of Jerusalem,	G2419 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
κλαίετε	klaiete	do weep	G2799 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	for	G1909 →
ἐμέ,	eme	Me myself,	G1473 →
πλὴν	plēn	but	G4133 →
ἐφ᾽	eph᾽	for	G1909 →
ἑαυτὰς	he'autas	yourselves	G1438 →
κλαίετε	klaiete	do weep	G2799 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπὶ	epi	for	G1909 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
τέκνα	tekna	children	G5043 →
ὑμῶν.	humōn	of you.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Song of Solomon 8:4
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 2:7
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Song of Solomon 3:5
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Song of Solomon 1:5
I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 2:14
  O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is…
- Luke 15:22
  But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
- Song of Solomon 5:16
  His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- Song of Solomon 5:8
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
Through
Song of Solomon 3:5
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 8:4
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Through
Song of Solomon 5:8
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 2:5
  Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke