Matthew 9:23

Matthew 9:23

21 For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.”

22 But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; ^ayour faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.

23 ^aWhen Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw ^bthe flute players and the noisy crowd wailing,

24 He said to them, ^a“Make room, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him.

25 But when the crowd was put outside, He went in and ^atook her by the hand, and the girl arose.

26 And the ^areport of this went out into all that land.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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The minstrels - The musicians. The original word means flute players. Musical instruments were used by the Jews as well as the heathens, in their lamentations for the dead, to soothe the melancholy of surviving friends, by soft and solemn notes. And there were persons who made it their business to perform this, while others sung to their music. Flutes were used especially on the death of children; louder instruments on the death of grown persons.

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