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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. While he yet spoke, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. As if such a suppliant really did trouble him! Still, if you have been praying long, and your case appears to be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
While he yet spake,.... The above words to the woman; there cometh one: Mark suggests there were more than one, Mr 5:35, [See comments on Mr 5:35] and the Persic version here reads, "some of the ruler's family came"; that is, to him, who was now with Jesus: from the ruler of the synagogue's house; so the word "house" is supplied by the Syriac and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruder of the synagogues, house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. Be resigned, and say, “The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away,” and expect not the blessing back again. Do as David did, who, while the child was yet alive, fasted and played, saying, “Peradventure, God...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But when Jesus heard it,.... The message that was brought to the ruler, and the hint that was given, that it was needless to give him any further trouble: he answered him; not the messenger, but the father of the child, as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read: saying, fear not: do not be dismayed at this message, nor...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. “If she is actually dead, she shall be raised to life again.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. “Believe only.” What a depth lies in those two words! Believe only! Ah! Lord, it ought to be the easiest thing in the world to believe thee, for thou art so truthful; thou keepest every promise to us, and yet sometimes when we are in the dark,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he came into the house,.... Of the ruler of the synagogue; he suffered no man to go in: to the room, where the dead body lay: save Peter, James and John; not one of the multitude that followed him, nor any of the disciples, but these three; who were his favourite ones, and were a sufficient number to be witnesses of the miracle: and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. For Christ does not make a parade of his miracles. He loves to do his work quietly; and they that make a great noise must mind that they do not get put out when Christ is about to work a cure.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. They were so sure she was dead that they had actually hired the minstrels for her funeral — so Mark tells us — and the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 52 And all wept and bewailed her,.... Not only her relations and friends, and the servants of the house, but the mourning women, that were hired on this occasion, and employed for this purpose: but he said, weep not; neither in show, as the mourning women did, nor in reality, as the friends of the deceased: she is not dead, but sleepeth; [See...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not, she is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. Young saints want feeding as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they laughed him to scorn,.... The servants, neighbours, and relations, the pipers, and mourning women: these, from weeping for the dead, fell to laughing at Christ, having him and his words in the utmost derision: knowing that she was dead: some of them having been employed in laying her out, and all of them having seen her, and were...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. And he put them out, and took her by the hand, and called saying, Maid, arise. But Christ put them all out. They laughed him to scorn, and, therefore, he would not work the miracle in their presence. It is not meet to cast pearls before swine.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he put them all out,.... Of the room, where the maiden lay, all the mourners and pipers; all excepting the parents of the child, and his three disciples, This clause is left out in the Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions; nor was it in two of Beza's ancient copies, and in two of Stephens's; but in the rest, and in the other versions: and took...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And her spirit came again,.... Her soul, which was departed from her, upon the all-powerful voice of Christ, returned to her body; and "re-entered", as the Ethiopic version adds: this shows that the soul is immortal, and dies not with the body; that it exists in a separate state from it after death, and will hereafter re-enter the body, and be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. Do note here the word “straightway.” Just now we had the word immediately, and now we have straightway. It is one of the distinguishing features of the gospel, both of Mark and of Luke, that both evangelists use the word “eutheos,” “straightway.” Christ’s...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And her parents were astonished,.... At the miracle that was wrought, to see their child restored to life; to see her arise, walk, and eat, being in perfect health and strength, and no disorder attending her; but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. The Ethiopic version reads, "what he had done, nor any thing that was done"...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And her parents were astonished.’ but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. For Jesus did not wish, at least at that time, to have the story of his miracles blazed abroad. Of him the prophet had long before written: “He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. But we know from another evangelist that the fame thereof went abroad everywhere, and, indeed, the healing of a soul is not a thing to be kept secret, but when any are raised from the dead the world must know it.