All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.
Parallel translations
- KJV And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
- BSB And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.
- ESV And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.
- NKJV And the whole crowd who came together to that sight, seeing what had been done, beat their breasts and returned.
- NASB And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, after watching what had happened, began to return home, beating their chests.
- NLT And when all the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw what had happened, they went home in deep sorrow.
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Cross-references · 3
- Luke 18:13But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
- Jer 31:19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
- Acts 2:37Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
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