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Luke 23:27

In Luke 23 of Luke.

And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before they were here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

Ἠκολούθειēkoloutheithere followedἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “there followed”, an ongoing action in the pastG190I accompany, attend, follow.there followedδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himπολὺpolua greatπολύς (polus)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “a great”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.a greatπλῆθοςplēthoscompanyπλῆθοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “company”, the subject formG4128a multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage.companyτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λαοῦlaouof peopleλαός (laos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of people”, the of-formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.of peopleκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andγυναικῶνgunaikōnof womenγυνή (gunē)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “of women”, the of-formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.of womenαἳhaiwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, feminine — “which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichἐκόπτοντοekoptontobewailedκόπτω (koptō)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “bewailed”, an ongoing action in the pastG2875(a) I cut, cut off, strike, smite, (b) mid: I beat my breast or head in lamentation, lament, mourn, sometimes with acc. of person whose loss is mourned.bewailedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐθρήνουνethrēnounlamentedθρηνέω (thrēneō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “lamented”, an ongoing action in the pastG2354intrans: I lament, wail; trans: I bewail.lamentedαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.him

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καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.

Young’s Literal Translation

And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,

World English Bible

A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.

Darby Translation

And a great multitude of the people, and of women who wailed and lamented him, followed him.

Douay-Rheims

And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women, who bewailed and lamented him.

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