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The Crucifixion

Luke 23:27

In 9 translations

BSB
A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
KJV
¶ And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
WEB
A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.
ASV
And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.
LSV
And a great multitude of the people were following Him, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting Him,
YLT
And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,
DBY
And a great multitude of the people, and of women who wailed and lamented him, followed him.
DRC
And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women, who bewailed and lamented him.
GNV
And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women, which women bewailed and lamented him.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“also”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: αἳ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αἳ; Robinson–Pierpont add καὶ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ γυναικῶν αἳ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν.
RP2018
Ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ γυναικῶν αἳ καὶ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν.
TR-Boyd
Ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ γυναικῶν αἳ καὶ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν.
SCR1894
ηκολουθει δε αυτω πολυ πληθος του λαου και γυναικων αι και εκοπτοντο και εθρηνουν αυτον

Who and where

◆ Holy Week◆ Bearing Cross to Golgotha

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  • The crucifixion and burial of Jesus Soldiers crucify Jesus at Golgotha; in Mark, he is mocked, darkness falls, he cries out with the opening of Psalm 22 and dies, and the templ…

Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 8:52Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
  • Luke 8:2as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
  • Mark 15:40And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
  • Luke 23:55The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.
  • Matthew 27:55And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.

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