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ButδὲJesus,ὁ Ἰησοῦςturningστραφεὶςtoπρὸςthem,αὐτὰςsaid,εἶπεν“DaughtersΘυγατέρεςof Jerusalem,Ἰερουσαλήμdo notμὴweepκλαίετεforἐπ’me,ἐμέbutπλὴνweepκλαίετεforἐφ’yourselvesἑαυτὰςandκαὶforἐπὶyourὑμῶνchildren,τὰ τέκνα
Luke 23:28
Study it in the app“But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children,”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 23:28, word by word
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- turningστραφεὶςstrapheis
turn around
To face round toward someone.
Where else “strapheis” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “DaughtersΘυγατέρεςThygateres
dear daughter
"Daughter" as an endearment, or a city's people.
Where else “Thygateres” appears- of JerusalemἸερουσαλήμIerousalēm
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “Ierousalēm” appears- weepκλαίετεklaiete
weep
Weep, cry.
Where else “klaiete” appears- childrenτέκναtekna
child
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
27And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting him.
28 · This verse (above)
29for look, days are coming in which they will say, ‘Happy are the barren and the wombs that did not bear, and the breasts that did not nurse!’
To study Luke 23 in a group
1. What it says
What does Pilate say about Jesus, what does the crowd demand, and whom do they release? (vv. 13-25)
2. What it means
On the cross Jesus says, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (v. 34). What does he say to one of the criminals? (vv. 39-43)
3. How I live it
Jesus asked forgiveness for those who treated him badly (v. 34). Who has hurt you, and what good could you wish for that person today?