Matthew 9:24
“Please leave,” he told them, “For the girl isn't dead, she's just asleep.” But they laughed and made fun of him.
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25But once the crowd had been sent out, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.
Cross References
Psalms 22:6But I'm a worm, not a man, scorned and despised by everyone.
Isaiah 53:3People despised him and rejected him. He was a man who really suffered and who experienced the deepest pain. We treated him like someone you turn away from in disgust—we despised him and had no respect for him.
John 11:4When Jesus heard the news he said, “The end result of this sickness will not be death. Through this God's glory will be revealed so that the Son of God may be glorified.”
Acts 9:40Peter told them all to leave, kneeled down, and prayed. He turned to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 9:19-27
The Ruler's Daughter Raised. 18 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. 19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 22 But Jesus… Read the whole commentary →