And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
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Gill's Exposition
And her spirit came again,.... Her soul, which was departed from her, upon the all-powerful voice of Christ, returned to her body; and "re-entered", as the Ethiopic version adds: this shows that the…
Adam Clarke
He put them all out - That is, the pipers and those who made a noise, weeping and lamenting. See Mat 9:23; Mar 5:38. Pompous funeral ceremonies are ridiculous in themselves, and entirely opposed to…
Christ was driven away by the Gadarenes; they were weary of him, and willing to be rid of him. But when he had crossed the water, and returned to the Galileans, they gladly received him, wished and…
Cambridge Bible
he put them all out These words being omitted by א, B, D, L, X, are probably interpolated here, from the other Synoptists. Our Lord could not feel the smallest sympathy for these simulated agonies of…
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