Matthew 9:24
“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
25After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.
Cross References
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
John 11:4When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
Acts 9:40Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing 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 →