He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
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Gill's Exposition
But when the people were put forth,.... Either out of the house or room, by Christ, or, at least, by his orders: which was done, partly because he was desirous it might be kept a secret, as much as…
The account contained in these verses is also recorded, with some additional circumstances, in Mark 5:22-43, and Luke 8:41-56. Mat 9:18 There came a certain ruler - Mark and Luke say that his name was…
We have here two passages of history put together; that of the raising of Jairus's daughter to life, and that of the curing of the woman that had the bloody issue, as he was going to Jairus's house,…
Cambridge Bible
is not dead, but sleepeth These words are reported without variation by the three Synoptists; it is open to question whether they ought not to be taken literally. The word for sleepeth (καθεύδει) does…
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