48And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
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And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 44-49)In these verses we have three things:— I. Christ’s dying magnified by the prodigies that attended it: only two are here mentioned, which we had an account of before. 1. The darkening of the sun at noon-day . It was now about the sixth hour , that is, according to our computation, twelve o’clock at noon; and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour . The sun was eclipsed and the…
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