Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 23:49
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed with him from Galilee, stood afar off, seeing these things.All his acquaintance ... is a reference to the multitudes from all over Palestine, and to the numbers of them who were personally acquainted with Jesus through having seen his mighty deeds and heard his discourses. Only malice can read this as a reference to "the apostles," and then allege that Luke contradicted Mark who said that they all "forsook him and fled" (Mark 14:50). read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 23:48
And all the multitudes that came together to this sight, when they beheld the things that were done, returned smiting their breasts.This verse corroborates all that Matthew recorded with regard to the earthquake, the opening of the Calvary graves, the darkness over the whole earth, etc. read more