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Matthew 27:55

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And many women were there,.... At the cross of Christ, at some little distance from it; but where was Peter, who had declared he would never be offended, though all men were; and would die with Christ, rather than deny him?

and where were the rest of the disciples, who said the same things?

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