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Mat 9:24. Ἀναχωρεῖτε, depart) That is, you are not needed here. Our Lord proceeds without hesitation[427] to perform the miracle, cf. ch. Mat 14:19.-οὐ γὰρ ἀπέθανε τὸ κοράσιον, for the damsel is not dead) Jesus said this before He entered where she was lying dead. The dead all live to God; see Luk 20:38; and the girl, on account of her revival, which was to take place soon, quickly, surely, and easily, was not to be numbered amongst the dead who shall rise hereafter, but amongst those that sleep.-κατεγέλων Αὐτοῦ, they laughed Him to scorn) This very circumstance confirmed the truth of both the death and the miracle. They seem to have feared the loss of their funeral dues.
[427] In the original, “certus ad miraculum accedit”-a phrase which loses half its force in the translation.-(I. B.)