Matthew 9:23
When Jesus came to the house of the ruler and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
In Context
24he said to them, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they began laughing at him.
Cross References
Matthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance; we sang a lament for you, but you did not mourn.’
Luke 7:32They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call out to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance; we sang a lament for you, but you did not weep.’
Acts 9:39So Peter rose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him to the upper room, and all the widows stood before him, weeping and showing him all the tunics and cloaks that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
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 →