55And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
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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, …
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. …
And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. …
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 50-56)We have here, at length, an account of the death of Christ, and several remarkable passages that attended it. I. The manner how he breathed his last (Matt. 27:50); between the third and the sixth hour, that is, between nine and twelve o’clock, as we reckon, he was nailed to the cross, and soon after the ninth hour, that is, between three and four o’clock in the afternoon, he died. That was the tim…
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