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Luke 23:28

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

KJV

στραφεὶς δὲ πρὸς αὐτὰς Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· θυγατέρες Ἱερουσαλήμ, μὴ κλαίετε ἐπ’ ἐμέ· πλὴν ἐφ’ ἑαυτὰς κλαίετε καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν,

Greek NT

Conversus autem ad illas Jesus, dixit : Filiæ Jerusalem, nolite flere super me, sed super vos ipsas flete et super filios vestros.

Vulgate

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

ASV

But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
θυγάτηρ
thugater
noun · 28×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλαίω
klaio
verb · 40×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πλήν
plen
adverb · 31×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
στρέφω
strepho
verb · 22×
τέκνον
teknon
noun · 99×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἱερουσαλήμ
ierousalem
noun · 79×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ὁ | NIV/RP: ὁ
  • SBLGNT
  • Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2635Since Abraham, intercession - asking on behalf of another has been characteristic of a heart attuned to God's mercy. In the age of the Church, Christian intercession participates in Christ's, as an expression of the communion of saints. In intercession, he who prays looks "not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others," even to the point of praying for thos…
The Jewish War · 2 passages
THE KEY BOOK for the Olivet Discourse. Josephus describes Titus's siege of Jerusalem in AD 70 in extraordinary detail: the three walls of the city, the Temple complex (the most detailed ancient description of the Second Temple), the famine, the crucifixions outside the walls, the breaching of the outer walls. Every detail corresponds to Jesus's prophecy: "not one stone shall be…
The climactic book: the burning of the Second Temple on the 9th/10th of Ab, AD 70 — the same date (according to tradition) as the destruction of Solomon's Temple in 586 BC. Josephus describes portents and signs that preceded the destruction: a star resembling a sword stood over the city, a light shone around the altar, the eastern gate of the Temple opened of its own accord, ch…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:26 — I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
  • Isa 3:16 — Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
  • Jer 22:10 — Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
  • John 11:48 — If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
  • Lam 1:12 — Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
  • Lam 4:3 — Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
  • Luke 13:3 — I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
  • Luke 13:34 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and
  • Mal 2:2 — If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed the
  • Ps 48:11 — Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
  • Rev 1:7 — Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
  • Rev 5:5 — And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
  • Song 8:4 — I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
  • Zech 13:8 — And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.