Luke 23:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Luke 23:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Daughters of Jerusalem - Women of Jerusalem. This was a common mode of speaking among the Hebrews. Weep for yourselves ... - This refers to the calamities that were about to come upon them in...

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• Luke 23:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Journey to Calvary. To the incidents of Simon of Cyrene and the two malefactors ( Mark 15:21-27 *, Matthew 27:32-38 *), Lk. adds that of the women of Jerusalem. Note that the people of the c...

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• Luke 23:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Daughters , &c. Not therefore the women from Galilee of verses: Luke 23:49 ; Luke 23:55 . Greek. me. App-105. for . on, or over. Greek. epi. App-104. children. Greek. Plural of tekno...

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• Luke 23:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  28. Weep not. Some have thought that the women are reproved, because foolishly and inconsiderately they poured out tears to no purpose. On the contrary, Christ does not simply reprove...

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• Luke 23:28 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1584 CHRIST’S ADDRESS TO THE WOMEN WHO LAMENTED HIM Luke 23:27-31 . And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus tur...

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• Luke 23:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. Weep not for me - Many pious persons have been greatly distressed in their m...

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• Luke 23:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Weep not for me, &c.— "Though my death affects you, and seems to call for all your tears, yet it is rather a reason for joy than sorrow, as it will be a means of reconciling the world to God: r...

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• Luke 23:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, For the exposition see the notes at John 18:38 ; John 19:30 For the exposition, see the notes at Jo...

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• Luke 23:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Trial Before Pilate and Herod. The Crucifixion and Burial 1-5. The trial before Pilate begins ( Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-14 ; Mark 15:1-5 ; John 18:28-38 ). See on Mt and Jn.

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• Luke 23:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (24-28) And Pilate gave sentence. — See Notes on Matthew 27:24-30 ; Mark 15:15-19 . St. Luke’s account is here the briefest of the four, St. John’s by far the fullest. Here we read nothing of the...

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• Luke 23:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “They Crucified the Lord of Glory” Luke 23:26-34 Simon's two sons are believed to have become Christians. See Mark 15:21 ; Romans 16:13 . Perhaps this strange interruption in his ordinary exp...

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• Luke 23:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This is the story of the Cross, and, as in dealing with other Gospels, it is best read in reverent quietness and meditation. We see all the forces of evil as represented in the Jewish priests and in...

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• Luke 23:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. (27) And there followed him a great...

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• Luke 23:28 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  TRUE PATRIOTISM ‘Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.’ Luke 23:28 He came to His own full of griefs, full of love, of purpose, and lofty i...

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• Luke 23:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But Jesus turning unto them ,.... These women being behind Christ, at the back of him; and he knowing who they were, and what they were doing, turns himself to them, and addressed them in the follow...

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• Luke 23:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. Ver. 28. Weep not for me ] We are not so much to lament Christ's dolorou...

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• Luke 23:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But Jesus turning, said , &c. Jesus, who ever felt the woes of others more than he did his own, forgetting his distress at the very time that it lay heaviest upon him, turned about, and with a b...

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• Luke 23:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  DELIVERED TO PONTIUS PILATE (vs.1-5) It was still early morning when the Lord Jesus was brought to the judgment hall of Pilate, the Roman governor ( John 18:28 ), for the Jews were determined to...

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• Luke 23:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Crucifixion.       26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they...

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• Luke 23:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 23:27 "

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• Luke 23:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Crucifixion of Jesus (23:26-33). The moment that this last part of the Gospel has been building up to has now come. Jesus had spoken of His trials and temptations ( Luke 22:28 ), and of the su...

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• Luke 23:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 23:26 . Simon, a Cyrenian .—Rather, “of Cyrene” (R.V.). There was a colony of Jews in Cyrene, and they had a synagogue in Jerusalem ( Acts 6:9 ; Acts 11:20 ). Probably he ha...

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• Luke 23:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 23:28-31 Lessons of the Passion. We have in this passage two lessons before us. I. The first is the right and wrong view of Christ's Passion: "Weep not over Me, weep for yourselves." These...

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• Luke 23:28 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Luke 23:1-2 , And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him saying, We found this Put in what word you like villains scoundrel our translators...

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• Luke 23:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 23:12 . The same day Pilate and Herod were made friends. This occurrence is quoted in Acts 4:27 , as an accomplishment of the prophecy in the second psalm. Luke 23:22 . He said to them th...

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• Luke 23:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Daughters of Jerusalem The daughters of Jerusalem I. WHY DID THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM WEEP? 1. He was innocent. All they had heard about Him was favourable. 2. He was benevolent. His gi...

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• Luke 23:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 23:1-42 The trial before Pilate : First examination. Luke 23:1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate . The Sanhedrin had now formally con...

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• Luke 23:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Crucifixion, Death, and Burial of Christ. The sympathy of the women:

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• Luke 23:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Song of Solomon 1:5 ; Song of Solomon 2:7 ; Song of Solomon 3:10 ; Song of Solomon 3:5 ; Song of Solomon 5:16 ; Song of Solomon 5:8 ; Song of Solomon 8:4

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• Luke 23:28 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Suffering Christ Luke 23:11-38 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Christ came down to this earth; He who was holy, who knew no sin, suffered all the sorrows that sin brought into a world of shame and...

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