"Where did the women watching the crucifixion stand?" (Alleged Contradiction #E3923)
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
John 19:25
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
Luke 23:49
See also: Matthew 27:55; Mark 15:40
Response
Luke, Matthew and Mark never say that all the women were standing afar off the entire time: just that there were women standing afar off at a particular time. Thus, there is no contradiction with John, which states that some of the women were by the cross for part of the time.
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