And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
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Gill's Exposition
And when he was come in,.... Into the house, within doors, into one of the apartments, and where the company of mourners, and the pipers, and mourning women were, singing and saying their doleful…
See the account of the raising of Jairus’ daughter, and the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, fully explained in the notes at Mat 9:18-26. Mar 5:23 Lieth at the point of death - Is dying;…
Diseases and deaths came into the world by the sin and disobedience of the first Adam; but by the grace of the second Adam both are conquered. Christ, having healed an incurable disease, here goes on…
Cambridge Bible
but sleepeth Comp. His words in reference to Lazarus (Joh 11:11). The Lord of life takes away that word of fear, "She is dead," and puts in its room that milder word which gives promise of an…
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