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Luke 23:28

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

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στραφεὶςstrapheisturningστρέφω (strephō)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “turning”, a single actionG4762I turn, am converted, change, change my direction.turningδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.πρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτὰςautasthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, feminine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidΘυγατέρεςthugateresDaughtersθυγάτηρ (thugatēr)noun, vocative, plural, feminine — “Daughters”, the calling formG2364a daughter; hence (Hebraistic?), of any female descendent, however far removed; even of one unrelated: my young lady.DaughtersἸερουσαλήμierousalēmof JerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of Jerusalem”, the of-formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.of Jerusalemμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notκλαίετεklaieteweepκλαίω (klaiō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “weep”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2799I weep, weep for, mourn, lament.This verse uses “weep”.weepἐπ’epforἐπί (epi)preposition — “for”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.forἐμέemeIἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.πλὴνplēnbutπλήνconjunction — “but”G4133however, nevertheless, but, except that, yet.ἐφ’ephforἐπί (epi)preposition — “for”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.forἑαυτὰςheautasmyἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, feminine — “my”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.κλαίετεklaieteto weepκλαίω (klaiō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “to weep”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2799I weep, weep for, mourn, lament.This verse uses “weep”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τέκναteknachildrenτέκνον (teknon)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “children”, the object formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.childrenὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Jesus having turned unto them, said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and Jesus having turned unto them, said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;

World English Bible

But Jesus, turning to them, said, “ Daughters of Jerusalem , don’ t weep for me , but weep for yourselves and for your children .

Darby Translation

And Jesus turning round to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over me, but weep over yourselves and over your children;

Douay-Rheims

But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

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