 It was a grotesque thing and it seems clear from the text that they were there to witness the whole thing. Like people in the gallery of an electric chair watching the terrible death of their Lord. And so as they come, it's connective. That word now, it connects it to everything that has taken place previously. And in Matthew 27, a lot of ink is spilled about the details of the death of Christ. That indeed, he was crucified and he was dead