Matthew 9:23
21 She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.”
22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
24 “Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
25 After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
- KJV
- And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
- WEB
- When Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder,
- ASV
- And when Jesus came into the ruler`s house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult,
- DARBY
- And when Jesus was come to the house of the ruler, and saw the flute-players and the crowd making a tumult,
- BLB
- And Jesus, having come into the house of the ruler and having seen the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,
- ÅB
- Da Jesus kom inn i synagogeforstanderens hus og så fløytespillerne og den bråkete flokken sa han til dem:
- OTB
- Da Jesus kom til synagogeforstanderens hus og så fløytespillerne og den støyende folkemengden,
- B1930
- Og da Jesus kom inn i synagoge-forstanderens hus og så fløitespillerne og hopen som larmet, sa han til dem:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 35:25
Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
Read in contextMark 5:35–40
While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
Read in contextMatthew 9:18–19
While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
Read in contextLuke 8:49–51
While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
Read in contextMatthew 11:17
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
Read in contextJeremiah 9:17–20
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
Read in contextLuke 7:32
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
Read in contextActs 9:39
So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
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