Matthew 9:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 9:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 9:24 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 9:24 — KJV
“He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.”
— Matthew 9:24 (KJV)
Matthew 9:24 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 9:24
“I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 9:24: give, place, dead
“And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. such...: Heb. her portions preferred: Heb. changed”
Shares key themes with Matthew 9:24: give, place, maid
“And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 9:24: dead, laughed, scorn
“And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. mercies: Gr. holy, or just things: which word the Septuagint in many places, uses for that which is in the Hebrew, mercies”
Shares key themes with Matthew 9:24: give, place, dead
“And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 9:24: give, maid
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