Matthew 27:55

And many women were there, looking on from a distance; the same who had followed Jesus from Galilee, and had ministered to him.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

54And the centurion, and they that were with him guarding Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that occurred, feared greatly, and said: Verily, this was the Son of God.

56One of them was Mary of Magdala, also Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

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Cross References

Luke 8:2and those women who were healed of infirmities and of unclean spirits, Mary called Magdalena, out of whom went seven demons,

Luke 23:48And all the multitudes who had assembled at this spectacle, on seeing what occurred, returned, smiting upon 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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