Verse 38

They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 9:17-20 : 17 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies told me to say to this people,“Take note of what I say. Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!” 18 I said,“Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water. 19 For the sound of wailing is soon to be heard in Zion,‘We are utterly ruined! We are completely disgraced! For we have left our land! For our houses have been torn down!’” 20 I said,“So now, you wailing women, listen to the LORD’s message. Open your ears to the message from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and let every woman teach her neighbor this lament.
• Matt 9:23-24 : 23 When Jesus entered the leader’s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd, 24 he said,“Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep!” And they began making fun of him.
• Matt 11:17 : 17 ‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’
• Mark 5:22 : 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.
• Luke 8:52-53 : 52 Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said,“Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!” 53 And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.
• Acts 9:39 : 39 So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.