οἱ γνωστοὶ, His acquaintances, Galileans mostly, who stood till the end, but far away. Mt. and Mk. do not mention this. No word of the eleven. καὶ γυναῖκες : warm-hearted Galileans they too, and women, therefore bolder where the heart was concerned; nearer presumably, therefore “seeing” predicted of them specially (ὁρῶσαι). The men stood at a safe distance, the women cared more for seeing than for safety.

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