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A Diverse Group of Mourners
Commentators note that the crowd watching the crucifixion included more than just the well-known disciples. The term "acquaintance" suggests a wider circle of friends, relatives, and followers, like Lazarus or even secret believers. This, along with the faithful women from Galilee, shows the broad impact Jesus had on many lives, all of whom now shared in this moment of grief.
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AT Robertson
On Luke 23:49
Stood afar off (ιστηκεισαν απο μακροθεν). Same verb as in verse 35. Melancholy picture of the inner circle of the acquaintances of…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 23:49
19th Century
Bishop
All his acquaintance.—This is the only passage in which the word is used. Saint Luke apparently employs it as intermediat…
Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 23:49
19th Century
Preacher
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
Let these thing…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 23:49
After Jesus’ death, Luke calls on the centurion as a witness to Jesus’ uniqueness. His words in his gospel emphasize, as in the trial scene, the in…
John Gill
On Luke 23:49
17th Century
Pastor
And all his acquaintance
That were related to him in a natural, or in a spiritual sense, or both, as his own mother,…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 23:44–49
17th Century
Minister
We have here the death of Christ magnified by the wonders that attended it, and his death explained by the words with which he breathed out his sou…