Luke 23:48 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁸ And after the crowds that had gathered to witness this sight saw what had happened they left, beating their chests [i.e., as an expression of anguish over witnessing Jesus’ death].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁸ And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁸ And all the throngs that had gathered to see this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned to their homes, beating their breasts.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁸ And all the multitudes that came together to this sight, when they beheld the things that were done, returned smiting their breasts.

Common English Bible

⁴⁸ All the crowds who had come together to see this event returned to their homes beating their chests after seeing what had happened.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁸ And the entire crowd of those who came together to see this spectacle also saw what had happened, and they returned, striking their breasts.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁸ And all the multitude of them that were come together to that sight, and saw the things that were done, returned striking their breasts.

Luke 23:48 Cross References

Luke 18:13

But the tax collector stood at a distance [i.e., inconspicuously] and would not even look up to heaven, but struck his chest [i.e., in remorse], saying, ‘God, [please] have mercy on a sinner like me [i.e., “cover over” or forgive my sins].’

Luke 8:52

And all the people [in the house] were crying and beating their chests in mourning, so Jesus said [to them], “Do not cry, for the girl is not [really] dead but [only] sleeping.”

Acts 2:37

Now when the people heard this message [of Peter and the other apostles, See verse 14], they were convicted [of its truth] in their hearts and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do [about our condemned condition]?”