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Luke 23:48

And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

KJV

καὶ πάντες οἱ συνπαραγενόμενοι ὄχλοι ἐπὶ τὴν θεωρίαν ταύτην, θεωρήσαντες τὰ γενόμενα, τύπτοντες τὰ στήθη ὑπέστρεφον.

Greek NT

Et omnis turba eorum, qui simul aderant ad spectaculum istud, et videbant quæ fiebant, percutientes pectora sua revertebantur.

Vulgate

And all the multitudes that came together to this sight, when they beheld the things that were done, returned smiting their breasts.

ASV

And all the multitude of them that were come together to that sight and saw the things that were done returned, striking their breasts.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
θεωρέω
theoreo
verb · 57×
θεωρία
theoria
noun · 1×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
στῆθος
stethos
noun · 5×
συμπαραγίνομαι
sumparaginomai
verb · 1×
τύπτω
tupto
verb · 13×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὑποστρέφω
upostrepho
verb · 36×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: θεωρήσαντες | WH/Treg/NIV: θεωρήσαντες | RP: θεωροῦντες
  • θεωρήσαντεςSBLGNT
  • θεωρήσαντεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • θεωροῦντεςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: τύπτοντες | WH/Treg/NIV: τύπτοντες | RP: + ἑαυτῶν
  • τύπτοντεςSBLGNT
  • τύπτοντεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἑαυτῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210221.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:37 — Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
  • Jer 31:19 — Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
  • Luke 18:13 — And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
  • Luke 18:13 — And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
  • Matt 27:55 — And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: