23And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further? …
While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. …
While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. …
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-26)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, which is introduced in a parenthesis, in the midst of the other; for Christ’s miracles were thick sown, and interwoven; the work of him that sent him was his daily work. He was called to do these good…
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