Matthew 9:23 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Jesus came to the synagogue leader's house. He saw flute players and a noisy crowd.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult,

BBE:

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,

DBY:

And when Jesus was come to the house of the ruler, and saw the flute-players and the crowd making a tumult,

ERV:

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult,

WEY:

Entering the Ruler's house, Jesus saw the flute-players and the crowd loudly wailing,

WBS:

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

WEB:

When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,

YLT:

And Jesus having come to the house of the ruler, and having seen the minstrels and the multitude making tumult,

Matthew 9:23 Cross References

XREF:

2 Chronicles 35:25 Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations.

Jeremiah 9:17 Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the wailing women, that they may come!

Jeremiah 16:6 "Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.

Ezekiel 24:17 "Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and do not eat the bread of men." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:23 {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 minstrels at their mournings.

PNT:

9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house. He healed the woman on the way.
Saw the minstrels. The Jews, like other Orientals, were wont to employ professional mourners, minstrels who made plaintive music, or wailed.

WES:

9:23 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 of surviving friends, by soft and solemn notes. And there were persons who made it their business to perform this, while others sung to their music. Flutes were used especially on the death of children; louder instruments on the death of grown persons.

MHC:

9:18-26 The death of our relations should drive us to Christ, who is our life. And it is high honour to the greatest rulers to attend on the Lord Jesus; and those who would receive mercy from Christ, must honour him. The variety of methods Christ took in working his miracles, perhaps was because of the different frames and tempers of mind, which those were in who came to him, and which He who searches the heart perfectly knew. A poor woman applied herself to Christ, and received mercy from him by the way. If we do but touch, as it were, the hem of Christ's garment by living faith, our worst evils will be healed; there is no other real cure, nor need we fear his knowing things which are a grief and burden to us, but which we would not tell to any earthly friend. When Christ entered the ruler's house, he said, Give place. Sometimes, when the sorrow of the world prevails, it is difficult for Christ and his comforts to enter. The ruler's daughter was really dead, but not so to Christ. The death of the righteous is in a special manner to be looked on as only a sleep. The words and works of Christ may not at first be understood, yet they are not therefore to be despised. The people were put forth. Scorners who laugh at what they do not understand, are not proper witnesses of the wonderful works of Christ. Dead souls are not raised to spiritual life, unless Christ take them by the hand: it is done in the day of his power. If this single instance of Christ's raising one newly dead so increased his fame, what will be his glory when all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and come forth; those that have done good to the resurrection of life, and those that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation!

CONC:

Crowd Disorder Entering Flute Flute-players Instruments Loudly Making Minstrels Multitude Noise Noisy Official's Players Ruler Ruler's Tumult Wailing

Crowd Disorder Entered Entering Flute House Instruments Jesus Loudly Making Minstrels Multitude Noise Noisy Players Ruler Ruler's Tumult Wailing

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