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Matthew 27:55
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Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and looked after him were there, watching from a distance.
And many women were there (beholding afarre off) which followed Iesus from Galilee, ministring vnto him.
And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,
And many women were there watching from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while caring for Him.
Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee to help him were standing at a distance from the cross, watching.
There were also many women there looking on from a distance, who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him.
Many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him.
And many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him.
And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.
Many women had come with Jesus from Galilee to be of help to him, and they were there, looking on at a distance.
There were many women there, looking on from a distance; they had followed Yeshua from the Galil, helping him.
And there were there many women beholding from afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to him,
Many women were standing away from the cross, watching. These were the women who had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for him.
And many women were there, beholding him a farre off, which had folowed Iesus from Galile, ministring vnto him.
There were also many women there, who were looking from afar, those who had followed Jesus from Galilee, and who used to minister to him.
There were many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee and helped him.
And there were many women there, observing from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him,
And many women were there, watching from afar off, those who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him;
And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
And a number of women were there, watching from a distance, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his needs.
Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Yeshua from the Galil, serving him,
Now many women were also there, watching from a distance. They had accompanied Jesus from Galilee and had ministered toprovided for">[fn] him.Luke 8:2-3;">[xr]
(And) many women were there, beholding from afar; those who had come after Jeshu from Galila, and had ministered unto him.
And many women were there, looking on from a distance; the same who had followed Jesus from Galilee, and had ministered to him.
And many wome were there (beholdyng hym a farre of) whiche folowed Iesus fro Galilee, ministring vnto him.
And many women were there beholding from afar, which had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him,
And many women were there, beholding afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
And there were a number of women there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to His necessities;
and seiden, Verili this was Goddis sone. And ther weren there many wymmen afer, that sueden Jhesu fro Galilee, and mynystriden to hym.
And many women were there watching from far, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him:
And many women were there (beholding at a distance) who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him:
Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance.
And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar,
And many women who had come from Galilee with Jesus to care for him were watching from a distance.
Many women were looking on from far away. These had followed Jesus from the country of Galilee. They had cared for Him.
Many women were also there, looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from Galilee and had provided for him.
Now there were there, many women, from afar, beholding, who indeed had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him;
And there were there many women afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
There were also many women there, looking on from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him;
And many wemen were there beholdinge him a farre of which folowed Iesus fro Galile ministringe vnto him.
And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,
And several women were there who look'd on at a distance, and had followed Jesus from Galilee, to assist him with their service.
There were also quite a few women watching from a distance, women who had followed Jesus from Galilee in order to serve him. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the Zebedee brothers.
There was a bunch of women watchin' from afar. They had followed Jesus and cooked for him on many occasions.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
many: Luke 23:27, Luke 23:28, Luke 23:48, Luke 23:49, John 19:25-27
ministering: Luke 8:2, Luke 8:3
Reciprocal: Matthew 20:26 - minister Mark 1:31 - ministered Mark 15:40 - women Luke 24:1 - they came Acts 1:14 - with the Romans 16:6 - who
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And many women were there,.... At the cross of Christ, at some little distance from it; but where was Peter, who had declared he would never be offended, though all men were; and would die with Christ, rather than deny him? and where were the rest of the disciples, who said the same things? None were present excepting John, as can be learnt from the evangelists; but many women, those of the weaker sex, were there, which was a rebuke of the former vanity and confidence of the disciples, and of their present pusillanimity and cowardice:
beholding afar off; Christ upon the cross, in all his agonies, the chief priests and people mocking him, the darkness upon the earth, the quaking of it, and the rending of the rocks: they were witnesses of all this, being at some little distance, by reason of the crowd of people and soldiers about the cross; and they beheld with an eye of faith, their bleeding, dying Lord, as crucified for them, and as bearing and taking away their sins: a sight which at once stirred up their affection and love to Christ, their concern for him, and sorrow for sin; and yet joy and peace, in believing in him:
which followed Jesus from Galilee: where they had seen his miracles, heard his doctrines, and had been savingly converted by him; and therefore followed him wherever he went, though an hundred miles or more, and through many difficulties and discouragements: they attended him in his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, and now at his cross; nor did they leave him when dead, and in his grave:
ministering unto him: not now, for he stood in no need of their assistance, nor could they give him any; but this respects what they had done heretofore, in their journey with him from Galilee to Jerusalem; when they ministered to him of their worldly substance, as a token of their affection for him; and which expresses the low estate and mean condition he was in, and is an instruction to his followers, how to behave towards the faithful preachers of his Gospel; see Luke 8:3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Beholding afar off - These women were probably not suffered to come near the cross because it was surrounded by soldiers. They witnessed with intense feelings his sufferings from some convenient place as near as they could approach.
Ministering unto him - Attending him and providing for his wants. While multitudes of people joined in the cry, “Crucify him!” and forsook him in his trying moments, it does not appear that any of his female followers were thus unfaithful. In the midst of all his trials, and all the Contempt poured upon him, they adhered to their Redeemer. Never did female constancy shine more brightly, and never was a happier example set for all who should afterward believe on him!
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 55. Many women — To their everlasting honour, these women evidenced more courage, and affectionate attachment to their Lord and Master, than the disciples did, who had promised to die with him rather than forsake him.
Beholding afar off — At a distance - απο μακροθεν. Though this expression may be understood to refer, rather to the distance from which they came, (viz. from Galilee,) than the distance they stood from the cross; yet, as all malefactors were crucified naked, perhaps this may account for the distance at which these modest women stood.
