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The Lord
See on Mat 21:3.
Saw her
Edersheim says, “Had it been in Judaea, the hired mourners and musicians would have preceded the bier; in Galilee they followed. First came the women; for, as an ancient Jewish commentary explains, woman, who brought death into our world, ought to lead the way in the funeral procession” (“Jewish Social Life”).
Had compassion (ἐσπλαγχνίσθη)
From σπλάγχνα, the nobler entrails, regarded as the seat of the affections. See on pitiful, 1Pe 3:8.