to assemble
sumparaginomai describes crowds gathering together at a sight and then responding to what occurred.
The attested use describes people gathered together at a sight: in Luke 23:48, the masculine nominative plural participle identifies the crowds present before they see what happened, beat their chests, and return.
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Gathering together at a sight · dominant
In Luke 23:48, συμπαραγενόμενοι is an aorist middle participle, masculine nominative plural, describing the crowds as gathered at the sight before their response. The APB renders the verse with “all the crowds that had assembled for this sight,” followed by their seeing what happened, beating their chests, and returning.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 23:48, the APB presents the gathered crowds as having “assembled for this sight.” This wording confirms the verse’s scene rather than isolating a precise English equivalent.