Matthew 27:55

And there were present several women who were looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from a Galilee, ministering to him.

Montgomery 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

54When the Roman captain and the soldiers who were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were greatly terrified and said, "Certainly this man must have been God’s Son."

56among them being Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jamesand Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

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Cross References

Luke 8:2The twelve were with him, and certain women whom he had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases. Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons have been driven,

Luke 23:48And all the crowds who had assembled to see this spectacle, after witnessing what had been done, were returning beating upon their breast.

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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