turning unto them said The only recorded words between His condemnation and crucifixion. Pity wrung from Him the utterance which anguish and violence had failed to extort.

Daughters of Jerusalem The wailing women were nottherefore His former Galilaean followers, Luke 8:2-3.

for yourselves Some of them at least would survive till the terrible days of the Siege.

and for your children Comp. Matthew 27:25, "His blood be on us and on our children."

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