KJV: And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
YLT: and all the multitudes who were come together to this sight, beholding the things that came to pass, smiting their breasts did turn back;
Darby: And all the crowds who had come together to that sight, having seen the things that took place, returned, beating their breasts.
ASV: And all the multitudes that came together to this sight, when they beheld the things that were done, returned smiting their breasts.
συμπαραγενόμενοι | having come together |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Middle, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: συμπαραγίνομαι Sense: to come together. |
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ὄχλοι | crowds |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὄχλος Sense: a crowd. |
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θεωρίαν | spectacle |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: θεωρία Sense: a viewing, beholding. |
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ταύτην | this |
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
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θεωρήσαντες | having seen |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: θεωρέω Sense: to be a spectator, look at, behold. |
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τὰ | the things |
Parse: Article, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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γενόμενα | having taken place |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Middle, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i. |
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τύπτοντες | beating |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: τύπτω Sense: to strike, beat, smite. |
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στήθη | breasts |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: στῆθος Sense: the breast. |
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ὑπέστρεφον | were returning [home] |
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: ὑποστρέφω Sense: to turn back. |
Greek Commentary for Luke 23:48
Really, old adverb from the participle ον on from ειμι eimi to be. Used also in Luke 24:34 of the resurrection of Jesus. [source]
Mark 15:39 (Matthew 27:54) which see, represents the centurion as saying τεου υιος theou huios (God‘s Son) which may mean to him little more than “righteous man.”That came together (συνπαραγενομενοι sunparagenomenoi). Double compound (συν sun together, παρα para along), that came along together.To this sight This spectacle Imperfect active of υποστρεπω hupostrephō See them slowly wending their way back to the city from this Tragedy of the Ages which they had witnessed in awe. [source]
Double compound (συν sun together, παρα para along), that came along together. [source]
This spectacle Imperfect active of υποστρεπω hupostrephō See them slowly wending their way back to the city from this Tragedy of the Ages which they had witnessed in awe. [source]
Imperfect active of υποστρεπω hupostrephō See them slowly wending their way back to the city from this Tragedy of the Ages which they had witnessed in awe. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 23:48
We have come to expect the women from Galilee to be faithful, last at the Cross and first at the tomb. Luke (Luke 23:49) says that “all his acquaintance” Matthew names three of the group by name. Mary Magdalene is mentioned as a well-known person though not previously named in Matthew‘s Gospel. Certainly she is not the sinful woman of Luke 7 nor Mary of Bethany. There is another Mary, the mother of James and Joseph (Joses) not otherwise known to us. And then there is the mother of the sons of Zebedee (James and John), usually identified with Salome (Mark 15:40). These noble and faithful women were “beholding from afar” These three women may have drawn nearer to the Cross for Mary the Mother of Jesus stood beside the Cross (παρα τωι σταυρωι para tōi staurōi) with Mary of Clopas and Mary Magdalene (John 19:25) before she left. They had once ministered unto Jesus (διακονουσαι αυτωι diakonousai autōi) and now he is dead. Matthew does not try to picture the anguish of heart of these noble women nor does he say as Luke (Luke 23:48) does that “they returned smiting their breasts.” He drops the curtain on that saddest of all tragedies as the loyal band stood and looked at the dead Christ on Golgotha. What hope did life now hold for them? [source]