Verse 38

They came to the house of the synagogue leader, and Jesus saw a commotion with people weeping and wailing loudly.

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  • Jer 9:17-20 : 17 'Let them come quickly and lift up a lament over us so that our eyes may overflow with tears and our eyelids stream with water.' 18 'For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How devastated we are! We are utterly ashamed, for we have left the land and our dwellings have been cast off.”' 19 'Hear the word of the Lord, you women; let your ears receive the words of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail and one another to mourn.' 20 'For death has climbed in through our windows and entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets and young men from the public squares.'
  • Matt 9:23-24 : 23 When Jesus entered the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd, 24 he said, 'Go away; the girl is not dead but asleep.' But they laughed at him.
  • Matt 11:17 : 17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
  • Mark 5:22 : 22 Then one of the leaders of the synagogue, named Jairus, came, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet.
  • Luke 8:52-53 : 52 Everyone was weeping and mourning for her, but He said, "Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep." 53 They laughed at Him, knowing that she had died.
  • Acts 9:39 : 39 So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. All the widows stood around him weeping and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.