Matthew 9:23 (WEB)
When Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder,
Fathers and councils · 19
Augustine of Hippo
“And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.”” — editor's note: Matt. ix. 18–26.
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John Chrysostom
“And they laughed Him to scorn.”” — editor's note: Matt. ix. 23, 24. [R.V., “the flute-players, and the crowds making a tumult.”]
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
After the healing of the woman with the issue of blood, follows the raising of the dead; “And when Jesus was come into the ruler’s house.”
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We may suppose that He proceeded slowly, and spake longer to the woman whom He had healed, that He might suffer the maid to die, and thus an evident miracle of restoring to life might be wrought. In the case of…
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For by the ancient custom minstrels were engaged to make lamentation for the dead.
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But Christ put forth all the pipers, but took in the parents, that it might not be said that He had healed her by any other means; and before the restoring to life He excites their expectations by His words, “And he…
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As though He had said, To you she is dead, but to God who has power to give life, she sleeps only both in soul and body.
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By this saying, He soothes the minds of those that were present, and shews that it is easy to Him to raise the dead; the like He did in the case of Lazarus, “Our friend Lazarus sleepeth.” [John 11:11] This was also a…
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They that had mocked the Reviver were not worthy to behold the mystery of the revival; and therefore it follows, “And when the multitude was put forth, he entered, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.”
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He restored her to life not by bringing in another soul, but by recalling that which had departed, and as it were raising it from sleep, and through this sight preparing the way for belief of the resurrection. And He…
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The fame, namely, of the greatness and novelty of the miracle, and its established truth; so that it could not be supposed to be a forgery.
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
Mystically; The Lord enters the ruler’s house, that is, the synagogue, throughout which there resounded in the songs of the Law a strain of wailing.
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To this day the damsel lays dead in the ruler’s house; and they that seem to be teachers are but minstrels singing funeral dirges. The Jews also are not the crowd of believers, but of “people making a noise.” But…
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But that the number of the elect might be known to be but few out of the whole body of believers, the multitude is put forth; the Lord indeed would that they should be saved, but they mocked at His sayings and…
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He took her by the hand, and the maid arose; because if the hands of the Jews which are defiled with blood be not first cleansed, their synagogue which is dead shall not revive.
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“His fame went about into all that country;” that is, the salvation of the elect, the gift and works of Christ are preached.
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Morally; The damsel dead in the house is the soul dead in thought. He says that she is asleep, because they that are now asleep in sin may yet be roused by penitence. The minstrels are flatterers who cherish the dead.
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The multitude are put forth that the damsel may be raised; for unless the multitude of worldly cares is first banished from the secrets of the heart, the soul which is laid dead within, cannot rise again.
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The maiden is raised in the house with few to witness, the young man without the gate, and Lazarus in the presence of many; for a public scandal requires a public expiation; a less notorious, a lesser remedy; and…
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 9:23–26 (3) (Catena Aurea).