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He charged them much that no one should know this. He commanded that something should be given to her to eat.
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Jesus's Practical Care
After an extraordinary miracle, Jesus immediately attended to the girl's ordinary need for food. Commentators see this as proof of her complete restoration and a sign of His tender compassion. It also teaches a principle: God often works through ordinary means, and we shouldn't expect a miracle when a practical solution is available.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Something should be given her to eat. "He had raised her by extraordinary power, but he willed that she should be sustained by
That no one should know this (ινα μηδεις γνο τουτο). Second aorist active subjunctive, γνο. But would they keep still about it? Th…
19th Century
Anglican
That something should be given her to eat.—This, again, is common to Mark and Luke, but is not given by Matthew. It suggests the …
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Baptist
And commanded that something should be given her to eat.
She might have continued to live by a miracle, as she had been miraculousl…
The twelve-year-old girl responded immediately to Jesus’ words. She not only stood up, she began to walk around. The five witnesses to the miracle …
16th Century
Protestant
And he charged them Though Christ did not admit all indiscriminately to behold this resurrection, yet the miracle might not have remained …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he charged them straitly that no man should know it , &c.] From them, immediately, and whilst he was upon the sp…
We may suppose Jairus hesitating whether he should ask Christ to go on or not, when told that his daughter was dead. But do we not have as much occ…
