All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their chests.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 23:48 in context
Luke 23:45–51
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The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
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Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.
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When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”
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All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their chests.
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All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching these things.
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Behold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man
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(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom.
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