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Matthew 9:18-34
Jesus raises the dead 18While 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. 19And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 20And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. 23And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, 24He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 25But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. 26And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 27And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. 28And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. 29Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. 30And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 31But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. 32As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. 33And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 34But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. |
Margin notes:
"There came a certain ruler." (9:18) - This was Jarius, a Jewish leader from the synagogue (Mark 5:22; Luke 8:41). "Diseased with an issue of blood twelve years." (9:20) - Not only did this woman suffer from the pain of the disease, but she was considered unclean and shunned by Jewish society (Leviticus 15:25-27). "The woman was made whole that hour." (9:22) - For a more detailed account of this miracle read Mark 5:25-34 and Luke 8:43-48. "The minstrels and the people making a noise." (9:23) - In Jesus' day, professional mourners and musicians were paid to grieve for the deceased. The more wailing and noise made, the deeper the grief. "Give place." (9:24) - "Leave this place." "When the people were put forth." (9:25) - "When the people were put out." "Son of David." (9:27) - A Messianic title for Jesus, a direct descendant of King David (Isaiah 9:6-7). "Yea, Lord." (9:28) - The blind men saw what many with perfect vision could not, that Jesus was the Messiah. "Their eyes were opened." (9:30) - Just as Isaiah 35:5 predicted seven hundred years earlier. In Mark 8:22-26 we see Jesus giving sight to others. "Jesus straitly charged them." (9:30) - "Jesus sternly warned them." "They brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil." (9:32) - "They brought a mute man possessed with a demon to Jesus." "It was never so seen in Israel." (9:33) - This was not the only time Jesus did something that had never been done before (Mark 2:11-12). "He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils." (9:34) - This is the first time the Pharisees accuse Jesus of being in league with Satan, but not the last (12:24). |