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Luke 23:27
And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him.
And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him.
Verse 27. _BEWAILED AND LAMENTED HIM._] εκοπτοντο, _Beat their_ _breasts_. Matthew 11:17, Matthew 11:17....
CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The son of man before Pilate and Herod. (Luke 23:1)_ 2. Pilate Yields to the People's Will; Barabbas Freed and the Son of man Condemned. (Luke 23:13) 3. The Crucifixion of the Son Of...
THE JOURNEY TO CALVARY. To the incidents of Simon of Cyrene and the two malefactors (Mark 15:21 *, Matthew 27:32 *), Lk. adds that of the women of Jerusalem. Note that the people of the city are here...
TRIAL BEFORE PILATE AND SILENCE BEFORE HEROD (Luke 23:1-12)...
As they led Jesus away, they took Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, and on him they laid the cross to carry it behind Jesus. There followed him a great crowd of the people and of...
AND THERE, &c.: verses: Luke 23:27, peculiar to Luke. company multitude. BEWAILED AND LAMENTED. were beating their breasts and lamenting....
_of women_ Some of them may have come to offer the anodynes which were supposed to be demanded by the Rabbinic interpretation of Proverbs 31:6. This is the only other recorded incident of the processi...
SIMON THE CYRENIAN. THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM...
ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩ͂Ν. Some of them may have come to offer the anodynes which were supposed to be demanded by the Rabbinic interpretation of Proverbs 31:6. This is the only other recorded incident of the processi...
Ver 26. 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...
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DISCOURSE: 1584 CHRIST’S ADDRESS TO THE WOMEN WHO LAMENTED HIM Luke 23:27. And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Impaled (Luke 23:26-49) 26 And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Je...
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, For the exposition see the notes at ; For the exposition, see the notes at John 18:38;...
26 Compare Mat_27:32; Mar_15:21; Joh_19:17. 26 Tradition has sought to surround the cross with a false glamour by making it cross-shaped, instead of a single upright stake. The word "cross" itself has...
TRIAL BEFORE PILATE AND HEROD. THE CRUCIFIXION AND BURIAL 1-5. The trial before Pilate begins (Matthew 27:1; Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:1; John 18:2
THE PROCESSION TO THE CROSS (Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; John 19:17). See on Mt. The beautiful address to the women of Jerusalem is peculiar to Lk. These women are not the same as the Galilean sympathi...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 23 PILATE EXAMINES JESUS 23:1-7 V1 The whole group rose up and took Jesus to Pilate. V2 They began to accuse him. ‘We caught this man because he is c...
(24-28) AND PILATE GAVE SENTENCE. — See Notes on Matthew 27:24; Mark 15:15. St. Luke’s account is here the briefest of the four, St. John’s by far the fullest. Here we read nothing of the outrages of...
A GREAT COMPANY OF PEOPLE, AND OF WOMEN. — Here, again, we come across a characteristic incident peculiar to St. Luke, and obviously derived from the devout women to whom we have traced so many facts...
_On the way to the cross_ (Matthew 27:31-34; Mark 15:21)....
“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 experiences l...
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 P...
(8) And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. (8) The triumph of the wicked has a most horrible end....
CHAPTER 27. JESUS LED TO CALVARY Matthew 27:31-34; Mark 15:20-23; Luke 23:26-33; John 19:16-17. “ And the
We divide this piece into three parts: the way to the cross (Luke 23:26-32); the crucifixion (Luke 23:33-38); the time passed on the cross (39-46)....
1 _st. Luke 23:26-32_. The punishment required to be inflicted outside the city (Lev 24:14); it was the type of exclusion from human society (Hebrews 13). John 19:17 informs us that Jesus went out of...
"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...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
Luke 23:27._And there followed him. _Although in public all the people, with one shout, had condemned Christ, yet we see that there were some who had not forgotten his doctrine and miracles; and thus,...
The Gentiles, however, are not presented in this Gospel as being voluntarily guilty. We see, no doubt, an indifference which is flagrant injustice in a case like this, and an insolence which nothing c...
AND THERE FOLLOWED HIM A GREAT COMPANY OF PEOPLE,.... Not only of the common people, but of the principal inhabitants of the city; for among these were the chief priests, Scribes, and elders: some wen...
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. Ver. 27. _Which also bewailed_] This was all they could do, and it was much they dared do it in s...
_And as they led him away_ After he had been barbarously scourged and mocked, as is recorded, Matthew 27:26, and Mark 15:15, where see the notes; _they laid hold on one Simon, coming out of the countr...
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 quick...
26-31 We have here the blessed Jesus, the Lamb of God, led as a lamb to the slaughter, to the sacrifice. Though many reproached and reviled him, yet some pitied him. But the death of Christ was his v...
Ver. 27-31. What is in these verses is only found in this evangelist; but being part of what happened in the way, while our Saviour was leading to his cross, we have before opened what is here in MATT...
Luke 23:27 And G1161 great G4183 multitude G4128 people G2992 followed G190 (G5707) Him G846 and G2532 women...
‘And there followed him a great crowd of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.' Inevitably as the procession moved along (the two insurrectionists were also in the procession bearing...
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 sufferin...
Luke 23:26-32. THE WAY TO THE CRUCIFIXION. Here Luke is most full, but gives no support to the various legends of the _Via Dolorosa._...
Among the peculiarities of Luke's description we notice particularly the scene on the way to Calvary (Luke 23:27-32), and the story of the penitent robber (Luke 23:39-43). Both of these accord with th...
Luke 23:27. A GREAT NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE. The ordinary crowd at an execution. AND OF WOMEN. Such a crowd would be largely made up of women. These were not the Galilean women (Luke 23:49), but women...
FOLLOWED (ηκολουθε). Imperfect active, was following. Verses Luke 23:27-32 are peculiar to Luke.BEWAILED (εκοπτοντο). Imperfect middle of κοπτω, to cut, smite, old and common verb. Direct middle,...
Luke 23:27. And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep fo...
Luke 23:27. _And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him._ Their best Friend, the Healer of their sick, the Lover of their children, was about...
Now, Luke supplies some particulars which Mark has left out. Turn, therefore, to the 23 rd chapter of Luke and the 26 th verse. Luke, also, tells us of Simon. Luke 23:26. _And as they led him away, t...
Our Lord's last days gave tragic proof of the hate and cruel mockery of his foes; yet how marvelously he endured! Luke 23:18. _And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release...
Luke 23:13 , And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold,...
Luke 23:1 , _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 could not...
CONTENTS: Jesus before Pilate and Herod. Barabbas released and Jesus condemned. The cricifixion and entombment. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pilate, Caesar, Herod, Barabbas, Simon, two thieves, Joseph. CONCLUS...
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 the third t...
THEY TOOK JESUS AWAY. The most complete notes on the Crucifixion are found in Matthew 27:32-56. A LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE FOLLOWED HIM. This shows that Jesus had a lot of sympathizers in Jerusalem. WOME...
_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 gifts wer...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 23:27 Jesus quotes from Zechariah 12:10. THE DAYS ARE COMING. See...
Jesus is led away to be crucified Matthew 27:32-44; Mark 15:21-32; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:17-22;...
CHAPTER 23 VER. 39. _And one of the malefactors which were hanged_ (this one, according to tradition, hung on the left hand of Christ) _railed_ _on Him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us....
_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 had come up...
EXPOSITION LUKE 23:1 _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 condemned Jesus to dea...
And the whole multitude of them arose, and they led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and sayi...
Luke 23:55; Luke 8:2; Mark 15:40; Matthew 27:55...
THE SUFFERING CHRIST Luke 23:11 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 of wick...
There were four sorts of persons which attended our Saviour at his crucifixion; the executioners that tormented him, the Jews that mocked him, the spectators and lookers on, that marked him, and sympa...