Matthew 9:23
And Jeshu came to the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the crowds which were making a tumult.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
24And he said to them, Retire; for the damsel is not dead, but asleep. And they laughed at him.
Cross References
Matthew 11:17and say, We have sung to you, and you have not danced; we have wailed unto you, and you have not mourned.
Luke 7:32They are like children sitting in the public place, and crying to their companions, and saying, We have sung to you, and you have not danced; we have wailed to you, and you have not wept.
Acts 9:39And Shemun arose and went with them. And when he was come, they brought him up to the upper room, and assembled (and) stood around him all the widows, weeping, and showing him those vestments and mantles which Tabitha had given them, while living.
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 →