49And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
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And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: …
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Commentary
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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