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# A great crowd
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"A large crowd"
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# great crowd of the people, and of women
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The woman were part of the large crowd, and not a separate crowd.
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# mourned for him
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"mourned for Jesus"
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# were following him
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This does not mean that they were Jesus' disciples. It simply means they were walking along behind him.
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# turning to them
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This indicates that Jesus turned to face the women and address them directly.
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# Daughters of Jerusalem
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The "daughter" of a city means the women of the city. This was not rude. It was a normal form of address to a group of women from one location. AT: "You women who are from Jerusalem"
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# do not weep for me, but
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Jesus uses hyperbole to say that they had more reason to weep for their own situation than for his. AT: "do not cry about my situation. Instead," or "you are weeping for me, but even worse things are going to happen to you, so" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# weep for yourselves and for your children
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The person is a metonym for what will happen to the person. AT: "cry about what is going to happen to you and to your children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mourn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]] |