Matthew 27:55

Many women that had followed Jesus from Galilee, and had ministered to him, were there, looking on from a distance.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

In Context

54Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and what was done, were greatly afraid, and said: Of a truth, this was the Son of God.

56Among these was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

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Cross References

Luke 8:2and also certain women that had been cured of evil spirits and diseases; Mary, called Magdalene, out of whom had gone seven demons,

Luke 23:48And all the multitudes that had come together to that sight, when they saw what was done, returned, smiting their breasts.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:51-57

The Crucifixion; The Death of Christ. 50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the… Read the whole commentary →

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