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Matthew 27 describes the women watching from a distance at the crucifixion, a narrative detail that parallels Psalm 38 where companions and neighbors are depicted as standing far away from the sufferer.
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Psalm 38:11
Hebrew Bible
9 O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you. 10 My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me. The light of my eyes is not with me.19 11 Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away. 12 Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words. All day long they say deceitful things. 13 But I am like a deaf man—I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.
Matthew 27:55
New Testament
53 (They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.) 54 Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, “Truly this one was God’s Son!” 55 Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance. 56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. 57 Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.
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Notes and References
Gaebelein, Frank Ely
The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Matthew, Mark, Luke
(pp. 1045-1046) Pickering & Inglis, 1984
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