Matthew 27:55
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And there were there many women afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

many.

Luke 23:27,28,48,49 And there followed him a great multitude of people and of women, who bewailed and lamented him. . . .

John 19:25-27 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. . . .

ministering.

Luke 8:2,3 And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who is called Magdalen, out of whom seven devils were gone forth, . . .

Context
The Death of Jesus
54Now the centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake and the things that were done, were sore afraid, saying: Indeed this was the Son of God. 55And there were there many women afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 56Among whom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.…
Cross References
Mark 15:40
And there were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joseph and Salome,

Mark 15:41
Who also when he was in Galilee followed him and ministered to him, and many other women that came up with him to Jerusalem.

Luke 8:2
And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who is called Magdalen, out of whom seven devils were gone forth,

Luke 8:3
And Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna and many others who ministered unto him of their substance.

Luke 23:49
And all his acquaintance and the women that had followed him from Galilee stood afar off, beholding these things.

John 19:25
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen.

Lexicon
And
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

many
πολλαὶ (pollai)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.

women
γυναῖκες (gynaikes)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

were
Ἦσαν (Ēsan)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

there,
ἐκεῖ (ekei)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1563: (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.

watching
θεωροῦσαι (theōrousai)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 2334: From a derivative of theaomai; to be a spectator of, i.e. Discern, (experience) or intensively (acknowledge).

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

a distance.
μακρόθεν (makrothen)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3113: From a (long) distance, afar. Adverb from makros; from a distance or afar.

[They]
αἵτινες (haitines)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3748: Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.

had followed
ἠκολούθησαν (ēkolouthēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 190: To accompany, attend, follow. Properly, to be in the same way with, i.e. To accompany.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

Galilee
Γαλιλαίας (Galilaias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1056: Of Hebrew origin; Galiloea, a region of Palestine.

to minister
διακονοῦσαι (diakonousai)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1247: From diakonos; to be an attendant, i.e. Wait upon (figuratively) teacher; technically, to act as a Christian deacon.

to Him.
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.

And many women were there, looking on from afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him--

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

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

And there were there many women beholding from afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to him,

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

And many women were there (beholding at a distance) who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him:

And there were a number of women there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to His necessities;

Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.

And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,
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