Jesus Beside the Dead Daughter of Jairusby CBPepper
9:23Matthew 9:23
And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
When Jesus entered the ruler's house He found hired mourners and flute-players with a noisy crowd already filling the home with loud outward lamentation over the girl's death. He had come at once with the distressed father, Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue whose little daughter lay at the point of death, though the short way was made slow by the pressing crowd He stopped to help. In that tumult He rebuked the mourners and commanded them to cease lamenting and make room, declaring that the girl was not dead but sleeping. Those who had seen death change her to a pulseless and unconscious form were indignant and laughed His words to scorn, and after they were put out at His command He suffered only Peter, James, and John with the father and mother to enter where she lay. Then He took her by the hand and raised her to life from the sleep of death, yet she remained subject to death and was not made immortal as those raised at Christ's resurrection will be.
Setting and Mourning Scene
Matthew 9:23 belongs to the healing of Jairus's daughter, undertaken in answer to Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue whose little daughter lay at the point of death and had been given up to die by the most learned physicians. Jesus at once and promptly agreed to go with the distressed father to his home. The disciples were surprised at His ready compliance with the request of a haughty ruler.
The way to the house was only a short distance, but progress was very slow because the people pressed forward on every side eager to see Jesus and beg His help, and the crowd slowed them. The anxious father urged his way through the crowd, fearful of being too late. Jesus in pity for their spiritual darkness and physical maladies stopped to minister to their wants.
When Jesus entered the house, hired mourners and flute-players, musicians and minstrels with a noisy crowd, were already there. They filled the home with loud mourning, commotion and outward lamentation over the girl's death. Her death, as one believed to be dead and thought to be dead, had prompted this customary public display of grief before Jesus arrived.
The noise was a great show of grief and external display of sorrow according to the custom of the country. It was made by women employed to express sorrow. Their noisy lament did not reflect the hope Jesus brought.
Rebuke and Raising to Life
In that house Jesus confronted the lamentation directly, rebuking the mourners and commanding them to cease their lamenting. He told them to make room and to weep not, stilling the outward clamor before He acted. His ground for that command was His declaration that the girl was not dead but sleeping. Those present had watched death touch the living child and change her into a pulseless and unconscious form, so they were indignant that a humble stranger should claim authority to stop them and assert that she still lived. At that claim they laughed His words to scorn.
They then left the room at His command, and after the crowd was put out the house was cleared for what followed. He suffered no one to enter the room where the child lay dead except Peter, James, and John together with the father and the mother. There He took her by the hand, and she rose as He raised her to life. That raising was from the sleep of death to mortal life again, for unlike those raised at Christ's resurrection she was not made immortal but remained subject to death.
When Jesus entered the ruler's house He found hired mourners and flute-players with a noisy crowd already filling the home with loud outward lamentation over the girl's death. He had come at once with the distressed father, Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue whose little daughter lay at the point of death, though the short way was made slow by the pressing crowd He stopped to help. In that tumult He rebuked the mourners and commanded them to cease lamenting and make room, declaring that the girl was not dead but sleeping. Those who had seen death change her to a pulseless and unconscious form were indignant and laughed His words to scorn, and after they were put out at His command He suffered only Peter, James, and John with the father and mother to enter where she lay. Then He took her by the hand and raised her to life from the sleep of death, yet she remained subject to death and was not made immortal as those raised at Christ's resurrection will be.
Setting and Mourning Scene
Matthew 9:23 belongs to the healing of Jairus's daughter, undertaken in answer to Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue whose little daughter lay at the point of death and had been given up to die by the most learned physicians. Jesus at once and promptly agreed to go with the distressed father to his home. The disciples were surprised at His ready compliance with the request of a haughty ruler.
The way to the house was only a short distance, but progress was very slow because the people pressed forward on every side eager to see Jesus and beg His help, and the crowd slowed them. The anxious father urged his way through the crowd, fearful of being too late. Jesus in pity for their spiritual darkness and physical maladies stopped to minister to their wants.
When Jesus entered the house, hired mourners and flute-players, musicians and minstrels with a noisy crowd, were already there. They filled the home with loud mourning, commotion and outward lamentation over the girl's death. Her death, as one believed to be dead and thought to be dead, had prompted this customary public display of grief before Jesus arrived.
The noise was a great show of grief and external display of sorrow according to the custom of the country. It was made by women employed to express sorrow. Their noisy lament did not reflect the hope Jesus brought.
Rebuke and Raising to Life
In that house Jesus confronted the lamentation directly, rebuking the mourners and commanding them to cease their lamenting. He told them to make room and to weep not, stilling the outward clamor before He acted. His ground for that command was His declaration that the girl was not dead but sleeping. Those present had watched death touch the living child and change her into a pulseless and unconscious form, so they were indignant that a humble stranger should claim authority to stop them and assert that she still lived. At that claim they laughed His words to scorn.
They then left the room at His command, and after the crowd was put out the house was cleared for what followed. He suffered no one to enter the room where the child lay dead except Peter, James, and John together with the father and the mother. There He took her by the hand, and she rose as He raised her to life. That raising was from the sleep of death to mortal life again, for unlike those raised at Christ's resurrection she was not made immortal but remained subject to death.