Passage

Luke 23.28-31

Book: Luke · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"26. And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to bear it after Jesus. 27. And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him."

"28. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29. For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck. 30. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. 31. For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?"

"32. And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. 33. And when they came unto the place which is called The skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left." (Luke 23:26-33, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"26. When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus. 27. A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him."

"28. But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29. For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ 30. Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 31. For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”"

"32. There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death. 33. When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left." (Luke 23:26-33, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"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 great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him."

"28. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. 30. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. 31. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?"

"32. And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. 33. And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. ^{Calvary: or, The place of a skull}" (Luke 23:26-33, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"26. And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear [it] behind Jesus. 27. And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,"

"28. and Jesus having turned unto them, said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children; 29. for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck; 30. then they shall begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us;, 31. for, if in the green tree they do these things, in the dry what may happen?'"

"32. And there were also others, two evil-doers, with him, to be put to death; 33. and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left." (Luke 23:26-33, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

God and the Killing of Children

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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