Luc 23:48

48 Et tout le peuple qui s'était assemblé à ce spectacle, voyant les choses qui étaient arrivées, s'en retournait en se frappant la poitrine.

Luc 23:48 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:48

And all the people that came together to that sight
To see the execution of Jesus; and some of them might be his inveterate enemies, and came to insult him, and did insult him; many of these, though not every individual of them:

beholding the things which were done;
the eclipse, earthquake

smote their breasts;
as conscious of guilt, and as fearing some dreadful judgment would fall upon them, and their nation, for this sin of crucifying Christ. The Persic version reads, "they went back, and kneeled down, and prostrated themselves to the ground"; as being in the utmost astonishment, confusion, fear, and dread:

and returned;
to the city, and to their own houses, where they might more seriously, and with the greater composure of mind, reflect on these things.

Luc 23:48 In-Context

46 Et Jésus s'écriant d'une voix forte, dit: Mon Père, je remets mon esprit entre tes mains. Et ayant dit cela, il expira.
47 Le centenier, voyant ce qui était arrivé, donna gloire à Dieu, en disant: Certainement cet homme était juste.
48 Et tout le peuple qui s'était assemblé à ce spectacle, voyant les choses qui étaient arrivées, s'en retournait en se frappant la poitrine.
49 Et tous ceux de sa connaissance, et les femmes qui l'avaient suivi depuis la Galilée, se tenaient loin, regardant ces choses.
50 Or un homme, appelé Joseph, qui était conseiller, homme de bien et juste;
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.