All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching these things.
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All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching these things.
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And all his acquayntaunce and the wemen that folowed him from Galile stode a farre of beholdynge these thinges.
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And all his acquaintance stood a farre off, and the women that followed him from Galile, beholding these things.
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- Luke 8:2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
- Psalms 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
- Matthew 27:55-56 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
- Luke 23:55 The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.
- Psalms 88:18 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.
- Psalms 142:4 Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
- Mark 15:40-41 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
- Mark 15:47 Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
- Luke 23:27 A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.
- Job 19:13 “He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
- Matthew 27:61 Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
- John 19:21-27 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘he said, “I am King of the Jews.” ’ ” Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. Then they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, “They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots.” Therefore the soldiers did these things. But standing by Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Christ gathereth together, and defendeth his little flock in…
Christ gathereth together, and defendeth his little flock in the midst of the tormentors.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that…
49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
Ver. 49. See Mat 27:55.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the women also which came with him from…
And the women also which came with him from Galilee,.... See Gill on Luk 23:49.
followed after; Joseph; and those that were with him, when they carried the body of Jesus, in order to inter it:
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and beheld, the sepulchre; took notice of it, what an one it was, whereabout it stood in the garden, that they might know, and find it again:
and how his body was laid; in what position, form, and order; and observed that it was only wrapped in linen, and not anointed, or embalmed.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 49. And all his acquaintance] Rather, But. Peculiar to…
49. And all his acquaintance] Rather, But. Peculiar to St Luke. Comp. Luk_2:44.
stood afar of beholding these things] The word used is not theo-rountes, as in Luk_23:35. There is, perhaps, in the “afar off,” a sad allusion to Psa_38:11, “My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar oft.” St Luke omits the breaking of the legs of the robbers, and the piercing of the side of Jesus by the soldiers, which are narrated in Joh_19:31-37.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (49) All his acquaintance.—This is the only passage in…
(49) All his acquaintance.—This is the only passage in which the word is used. St. Luke apparently employs it as intermediate between the spectators and the avowed disciples. Such may have been Simon, or Lazarus, of Bethany, or the rulers who believed yet did hot confess, or the owners of the ass and of the colt, or the proprietor of the house in which the Passover had been eaten.
The women that had followed him from Galilee.—St. Luke does not name them as St. Matthew and St. Mark do, probably because in Luk_8:2-3, he had already given the names of the most prominent among them.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Stood afar off. Disciples open and secret, friends and…
Stood afar off. Disciples open and secret, friends and acquaintances among the Jerusalem citizens and Galihaean pilgrims (with the exception of the little group of which Mary and John were the centre till the dying Lord bade them leave him), all alike lacked courage and devotion, all feared to stand by their Master and Friend at that awful season. He trod the winepress alone. (see Isa_63:3) None possessed the heroic faith which through the sombre cloud of seeming failure could see the true glory of the Sun of Righteousness, which so soon was to arise and shine.
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