39And 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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And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. …
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 35-43)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 to triumph over death, as in the beginning of the chapter he had triumphed over an outrageous devil. I. The melancholy news is brought to Jairus, that his daughter is dead , and therefore, if Christ b…
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