Verse 23

When Jesus entered the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd,

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  • 2 Chr 35:25 : 25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and all the male and female singers have sung about Josiah in their laments to this day. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.
  • Mark 5:35-40 : 35 While He was still speaking, some people came from the house of the synagogue leader and said, 'Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?' 36 But Jesus overheard the message being spoken and told the synagogue leader, 'Do not be afraid. Just believe.' 37 He did not allow anyone to follow Him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. 38 They came to the house of the synagogue leader, and Jesus saw a commotion with people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 He went inside and said to them, 'Why are you making such a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.' 40 But they laughed at Him. After He put them all outside, He took the child's father, mother, and those with Him and went into the room where the child was lying.
  • Luke 8:49-51 : 49 While He was still speaking, someone came from the house of the synagogue leader and said, "Your daughter has died. Do not trouble the Teacher any longer." 50 But Jesus, hearing this, responded to him, "Do not be afraid. Just believe, and she will be saved." 51 When He arrived at the house, He did not allow anyone to enter with Him except Peter, James, John, and the child’s father and mother.
  • Matt 9:18-19 : 18 While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before him, saying, 'My daughter has just died. But come and place your hand on her, and she will live.' 19 So Jesus got up and went with him, along with his disciples.
  • Matt 11:17 : 17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
  • 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.'
  • 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.
  • Luke 7:32 : 32 'They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another: "We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a lament, and you did not weep."'