Matthew 9:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, ”

Matthew 9:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The account contained in these verses is also recorded, with some additional circumstances, in Mark 5:22-43 , and Luke 8:41-56 . Matthew 9:18 There came a certain ruler - Mark and Luke sa...
Matthew 9:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the (h) minstrels and the people making a noise, (5) Even death itself gives place to the power of Christ. (h) It appears that they used mins...
Matthew 9:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jairas-' Daughter and the Woman with Haemorrhage ( Mark 5:21-43 *, Luke 8:40-56 ). Mt. records in nine verses what Mk. takes twenty-three to tell. He again forsakes Mk.'s order, postponing Mark...
Matthew 9:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

minstrels . flute-players, or pipers. people . crowd. See Matthew 9:8 . making. noise . loudly wailing.
Matthew 9:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, Saw the minstrels and the people making a noise - Αυλητας, pipers; Anglo-Saxon the whistlers; Gothic,...
Matthew 9:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The minstrels— The musicians or pipers, Heylin; the players on the flute, Beausobre and Lenfant. It was the custom among the Jews to have musical instruments at funerals, whereon mournful tun...
Matthew 9:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. For...
Matthew 9:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sick of the Palsy. Call of Matthew. Raising of Jairus' Daughter 1-8. The paralytic healed and his sins forgiven ( Mark 2:1 ; Luke 5:17 ). The peculiarity of this miracle is that it was worked...
Matthew 9:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(23-26) The other Gospels fill up the gap. While our Lord was speaking the words of promise to the woman, messengers came from the house of Jairus, reporting that the child was dead. They whisper to...
Matthew 9:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1-34 - Matthew 9:1-35 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23 , we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preach...
Matthew 9:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Lord of Life and Death Matthew 9:18-26 No grief appeals to Christ in vain. He always arises to follow. Let us as His disciples ever follow where He leads. We are permitted to be His fellow-work...
Matthew 9:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The King now exercised His authority in a new way. He pronounced pardon on a sinner, and straightway opposition was aroused. To the questioning and rebellious hearts He vindicated His authority to fo...
Matthew 9:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have here two most interesting miracles of the Lord Jesus; and they are blended into one view, because the one runs into the other, and both serve mutually to illustrate the glory of Jesus. The im...
Matthew 9:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house ,.... Both Mark and Luke relate, how that before this, whilst they were in the way, and just as Christ had done speaking to the poor woman, that news was b...
Matthew 9:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, Ver. 23. He saw the minstrels, &c. ] A heathenish custom crept in among the Jews, as many the...
Matthew 9:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When Jesus came into the ruler's house It appears from the parallel places in Mark and Luke, that while Jesus spake the last-mentioned words to the woman healed by touching his garment, a messenger...
Matthew 9:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Returning to His own city, Capernaum, He has brought to Him a man totally helpless, lying on a bed. This case of palsy is indicative of the complete debilitating effects of sin: man is left without s...
Matthew 9:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Ruler's Daughter Raised. 18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, sayi...
Matthew 9:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Neither Mark nor Luke speak any thing of the minstrels, but only of the people's wailing. Amongst the Jews we read not in any part of the Old Testament of musical instruments used at funerals, but am...
Matthew 9:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

What Jesus Has To Offer And The Growth of Pharisaic Opposition (9:10-34). We are now informed about the first open opposition among the Pharisees to Jesus. The Pharisees had seemingly previously a...
Matthew 9:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 9:18 . A certain ruler. —The president of a synagogue. His name was Jairus (see Mark 5:22 ; Luke 8:41 ). Every synagogue had its president, who superintended and directe...
Matthew 9:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 9:18-19 , Matthew 9:23-26 The Raising of Jairus' Daughter. I. The miracles of raising from the dead, whereof this is the first, have always been regarded as the mightiest outcomings o...
Matthew 9:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 9:1 . And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. Our Lord had given these Gergesenes an opportunity of becoming his disciples, the kingdom of God had come ve...
Matthew 9:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 9:1 . Jesus came into his own city, Capernaum, as in Mark. Our Saviour was a stranger on earth, born in Bethlehem, an exile in Egypt, resident at Nazareth, but latterly in Capernaum. Mat...
Matthew 9:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

The maid is not dead, but sleepeth. The healing of Jairus’s daughter On His way to perform one act of love, He turned aside to give His attention to another; He had a heart ready to respond to...
Matthew 9:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 9:1-40 The paralytic forgiven and healed. Parallel passages: Mark 2:1-41 ; Luke 5:17-42 . (For connexion of thought, cf. Matthew 8:18 , note.) In the parallel pass...
Matthew 9:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
Matthew 9:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 35:25 ; Acts 9:39 ; Jeremiah 9:17-20 ; Luke 7:32 ; Luke 8:49-51 ; Matthew 9:18 ; Matthew 9:19 ; Mark 5:35-38 ; Mark 5:38-40 ; Matthew 11:17
Matthew 9:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

Matthew 9:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 9:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 9:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 9:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 9:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 9:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 9:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 9:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 9:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 9:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 9:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 9:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 9:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 9:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 9:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 9:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 9:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes